Episode 91: Providential History and the Pacific Northwest

The Way of Improvement Leads Home: American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic life. - Een podcast door John Fea

Did Marcus Whitman "save" Oregon? In this episode we talk with Sarah Koenig, author ofProvidence and the Invention of American History. She tells the story of a Protestant missionary to the Pacific Northwest and how his story provides a window into debates over the meaning of the past in both the 19th-century and today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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