Episode 124: Jolliet & Marquette - Mark Walczynski (Origins, Part 4)

Episode Description

In this episode for the "Origins" series, Mark Walczynski joins us to talk about his new book, Jolliet and Marquette: A New History of the 1673 Expedition.

Episode Image: Tower Rock in the Mississippi River, ca. 1960 [Missouri Postcard Collection (P0032), SHSMO]

Banner Image: Confluence of the Missouri River with the Mississippi River, date unknown [Gerald R. Massie Photographs (P0016), SHSMO]

About the Guest

Mark Walczynski is a retired faculty member at Illinois Valley Community College and the Park Historian for the Starved Rock Foundation. He is the author of The History of Starved Rock 1673-1911; Inquietus: La Salle in the Illinois Country; Massacre 1769: The Search for the Origin of the Legend of Starved Rock; and Jolliet and Marquette: A New History of the 1673 Expedition.