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History Matters: Islands have unique histories worth exploring

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published May 2, 2017 at 7:45 AM CDT
original found at http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17055
Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of Laura Rocchio, NASA Landsat Project Science Office.
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Two images of the Chandeleur Islands off the coast of Louisiana, USA. The left image is from 2004 and the right is from 2005, after Hurricane Katrina.
Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
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Airs Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at 7:45 a.m. Dr. Gary Joiner explores the deep historical importance behind Islands and why their history matters.

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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