There are all sorts of interesting nuggets to be found in government documents, something that Washington State University history professor Matthew Sutton knows well.
It was there that he found the material he needed for his third book, titled “Double Crossed: The Missionaries Who Spied for the United States During the Second World War.”
Sutton will give a virtual lecture on the same topic at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, through the Spokane County Library District. It’s being offered in partnership with Humanities Washington, which organizes a speakers bureau to give lectures on a variety of topics across the state. Those interested in attending the lecture can sign up online at scld.evanced.info/signup/calendar.
“They know cultures, they know languages, they know geography,” Sutton said of the missionaries.