Geoffrey C Ward
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A comprehensive look at the Vietnam War"--
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. This volume draws on hundreds of interviews in America and Vietnam to give us the perspectives of people involved at all levels of the war: U.S. and Vietnamese soldiers and their families, high-level...
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c1994
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxv, 486 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A moving and fascinating history of the game of baseball. Goes beyond the stolen bases and home runs to demonstrate how baseball has been influenced by, and has in turn influenced, American life.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1990
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xix, 425 p. ill. (some col.), col. maps 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
This magnificent pictorial history portrays the Civil War as never before, from the events leading to the firing of the first shot at Fort Sumter, through the battles at Shiloh and Gettysburg, the siege of Vicksburg, Sherman's march to the sea, and Lee's surrender at Appomattox. 500 photos. 1 map, suitable for framing.
4) Jazz
Publisher
PBS DVD
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
10 videodiscs (ca. 19 hr.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary exploring the history of jazz from its beginnings through the 1990's, including the stories of many of its creators and performers. Includes archival video, still photographs, historical performances, and newly recorded interviews and musical performances.
5) Baseball
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
10 videodiscs (ca. 23 hr.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is an epic overflowing with heroes and hopefuls, scoundrels and screwballs. It is a saga spanning the quest for racial justice, the clash of labor and management, the transformation of popular culture, and the unfolding of the national pastime. Here is the story of a nation at work and play. Experience it in ten thrilling "innings" from master storyteller and award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (840 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor as the most prominent members of the most important family in history. Through their stories, PBS chronicles the history they helped to shape, from the Square Deal to the New Deal, San Juan Hill to the Western Front, to the founding of the United Nations.
Publisher
distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
Commemorative ed. 150th anniversary.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (660 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns's Emmy Award-winning documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. The Civil War is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.
8) Prohibition
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
DVD widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. Raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Weaves the lives of Abraham and Mary Lincoln; Abraham, the dirt-farmer's son turned Great Emancipator, and Mary, the emotionally fragile daughter of wealthy Southern slave-owners. Together, they ascended to the pinnacle of power at a crucial time in the nation's history. Abraham Lincoln's legacy reshaped the nation while the tragedy of his death left Mary reclusive and forgotten.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ,with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
The U.S. and the Holocaust examines America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century....