E-books

The Missourian offers downloadable electronic books that showcase some of our feature stories and projects. To download the books, click the links below. You'll find the book in related media on the left-hand side of the page on the accompanying articles.

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The Roman Catholic Church has long struggled to find enough priests to serve its parishes across the U.S. However, for the first time in Columbia, two churches began to share three priests to serve their growing congregations. The Rev. Thomas Saucier serves both Sacred Heart and the Newman Center.

National drug shortages are forcing doctors to choose which patients receive limited amounts of drugs necessary to treat chronic illnesses, such as cancer. According to the Food and Drug Administration, the shortage is triple what it was six years ago.

 The number of high school graduates is on the decline in Missouri. MU planned for it by establishing recruiters in nearby states. Columbia Public Schools is somewhat insulated from this trend, however.

Five mid-Missouri residents trying to answer the question: "Can anything be done to make my life better?” During an intensive six weeks, they met at Central Missouri Community Action Center in Columbia to take part in a small-business startup program.

White nose bat syndrome is spreading westward and has already claimed more than 1 million bats in 17 states. White-nose syndrome is knocking at Missouri's border, and scientists fear it could decimate the bat population.

On the 10-year anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, the Missourian examined media coverage of the event, societal changes afterward and the controversial Patriot Act.  Firefighters from Boone County recalled a rescue mission at ground zero two days after the towers fell. For many, it was their first time in New York.

In this five-part series from May 2003, Missourian reporter Barton Gordon Howe chronicles the story of James T. Scott, the last man to be lynched in Columbia. Accused of raping the white daughter of an MU professor, he never got to trial. A mob of 1,000 people swarmed the Boone County Jail, broke Scott out and hanged him off the Stewart Road bridge over Flat Branch.