Ken Burns
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xix, 403 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Description
In this evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite and the creation of the world's first national park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recent additions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Formats
Description
"Country Music is the story of the musicians. Here is Hank Williams's tragic honky tonk life, Dolly Parton rising to fame from a dirt-poor childhood, and Loretta Lynn turning her experiences into songs that spoke to women everywhere. Here too are interviews with the genre's biggest stars, including the likes of Merle Haggard to Garth Brooks to Rosanne Cash. Rife with rare photographs and endlessly fascinating anecdotes, the stories in this sweeping...
7) Mark Twain
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
xvi, 269 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 27 cm.
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (240 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Scientific genetics holds at once the promise of eradicating disease and the threat of altering the very essence of what it means to be human. The Gene: An Intimate History traces the dizzying evolution of this new science as researchers race to identify treatments for genetic diseases, such as cancer and sickle cell anemia, and to perfect tools for rewriting DNA. Based on the book by Siddhartha Mukherjee.
10) Country music
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
8 DVDs (960 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ken Burns chronicles the history of a uniquely American art form, rising from the experiences of remarkable people in distinctive regions of the nation. From its roots in ballads, hymns and the blues to its mainstream popularity, and meet the unforgettable characters and storytellers who made it 'America's Music.' Viewers will follow the evolution of country music over the course of the twentieth century, as it eventually emerged to become America's...
12) The West
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c1996
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Spanning from the first European advance into the wilderness to the dawn of the 20th century, this series portrays the profound, often devastating impact the onrushing white settlers, adventurers and exploiters had on Native Americans and the land.
Publisher
PBS DVD
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (240 min.) : sd., col., b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them.
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Looks at poverty and limited housing opportunities for African Americans through the stories of former residents of the now-gone public housing community East Lake Meadows in Atlanta, Georgia.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Formats
Description
Students at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts confront their new president’s underhanded attempt to shut down the school. In the process, they discover that a powerful institution is bullying their inexperienced administration into giving up the independence of one of the most innovative colleges in the United States. This raucous ode to democracy in action will invoke viewers with the courage required to stand up to power.
18) Jackie Robinson
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tells of the story of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, a sharecropper's son who elevated an entire race and country when he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. The film illuminates Robinson's place as a leader and icon of the civil rights movement whose exemplary life and aspirational message of equality continues to inspire generations of Americans.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (4 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ken Burns's two-part, four-hour documentary explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most complex and consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein's three-part, six-hour documentary series examines how the American people and leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged America's identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of democracy.