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Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c1990.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (700 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again.
3) Baseball
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000, c1994
Physical Desc
10 DVDs (ca. 18 hr. 54 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The definitive documentary of America's pastime, baseball. Through a skillful blend of still photographs, film footage, interviews and voice overs, the the history of "The Game" is brought to life. Covering the period from the 1840's to 1994 (just before the strike), the high and low moments, heroes and villains are explored and examined, providing an in-depth, informative, and enthralling look at this truly American passion.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
xii, 503 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
An extraordinarily vivid and personal portrait of America's greatest political family and its enormous impact on our nation--the tie-in volume to the PBS documentary to air in the fall of 2014.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xiii, 612 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 29 cm
Description
"More than forty years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our country. We still argue over why we were there, whether we could have won, and who was right and wrong in their response to the conflict. When the war divided the country, it created deep political fault lines that continue to divide us today. Now, continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed collaborations, the authors draw on dozens and dozens of interviews...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xvi, 329 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, photographs ; 24 cm
Description
"The epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today-a moving and beautifully illustrated work of natural history. The American buffalo-our nation's official mammal-is an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of our most mythic and sometimes heartbreaking tales. The largest land animals in the Western Hemisphere, they are survivors of a mass extinction that erased ancient species that were even...
7) The war
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (840 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xii, 450 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Description
"Exploring the diverse make-up of our country's DNA through interviews with Pulitzer Prize-winning historians, diplomats, music legends, and sports giants, The American Experiment captures the dynamic arc of a young country reinventing itself in real-time. Through these enlightening conversations, the American spirit comes alive, revealing the setbacks, suffering, invention, ingenuity, and social movements that continue to shape our vision of what...
9) Ali: a life
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xv, 623 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times best-selling author with unique access to Ali's inner circle. He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest, and, of course, the greatest (as he told us over and over again). Muhammad Ali was one of the twentieth century's greatest radicals and most compelling figures. At his funeral in 2016, eulogists said Ali had transcended race and united the country, but they...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (867 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Discover how the West was wacky with the bumbling men of F Troop: soldiers who made jokes, not war. The captain is an accident-prone straight arrow, the sergeant is a quick-buck artist, the corporal is his hapless henchman, the purtiest gal in town is a hard-ridin' sharpshooter and the local Indians are peaceable souls firmly committed to free-market capitalism.
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