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History Matters: On the most beautiful coin ever minted by the U.S.

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published September 24, 2013 at 7:35 AM CDT
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Dr. Gary Joiner

Commentator Gary Joiner explores the impact of an Irish immigrant who became a remarkable American sculptor whose talent and service to the nation is still held in the highest esteem.

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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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