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History Matters: Cypress Trees

Cypress Swamp - Lake Bistineaux State Park - Camp Ground # 2
Bill Beckett
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Bill Beckett
Cypress Swamp - Lake Bistineaux State Park - Camp Ground # 2
Dr. Gary Joiner
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LSU Shreveport
Dr. Gary Joiner

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.

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.”