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History Matters: Louisiana Floods

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published September 5, 2017 at 7:35 AM CDT
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Hurricane Harvey near the coast of Texas at peak intensity late on August 25, 2017.
ABI image captured by NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite
Dr. Gary Joiner
Credit Press Image / LSU Shreveport

Airs Tuesday, September 5, 2017, at 7:45 p.m. In light of the recent flooding, commentary Dr. Gary Joiner is with us now to share a historic perspective.

History Matters is made possible in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine. 

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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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