Great Plains Originals: Historic Documents from America’s Heartland

Brian Burnes, author of “Harry S. His Life and Times” and co-author of “Walt Disney’s Missouri,” explores the fascinating collection of memorabilia stored at the regional National Archives collection in Kansas City. Indian transactions, steamboat registrations, slave receipts, “enemy alien” documents carried by German-Americans in World War I, Harry Truman’s draft card – just some of the items stored in this rich vein of history. Edited by Monroe Dodd, author of The Star’s “Then and Now” series and editor of numerous Star history books.