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History Matters: Cypress Trees

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published August 27, 2019 at 7:45 AM CDT
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Cypress Swamp - Lake Bistineaux State Park - Camp Ground # 2
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Dr. Gary Joiner
Credit Press Image / LSU Shreveport

Airs Tuesday, August 27, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Dr. Gary Joiner looks at the role the bald cypress has played in the history of Louisiana and around the world.

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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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