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Abraham and Mary Lincoln : a house divided
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From award-winning film-maker David Grubin, this six part miniseries weaves together the troubled lives of a dirt-farmer's son and a wealthy Southern slave-owner's daughter. Together, Abraham and M...
From award-winning film-maker David Grubin, this six part miniseries weaves together the troubled lives of a dirt-farmer's son and a wealthy Southern slave-owner's daughter. Together, Abraham and Mary Lincoln ascended to the pinnacle of power at the most difficult time in the nation's history, the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln's legacy as the Great Emancipator reshaped the nation while his tragic death left Mary reclusive and forgotten
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- Creator
- written by David Grubin and Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced and directed by David Grubin ; a David Grubin Productions, Inc. film for American Experience in association with PBS
- Included Titles
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- American experience (Television program)
- Ambition
- We are elected
- Shattered
- Dearest of all things
- This frightful war
- Blind with weeping
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [United States] : WGBH Educational Foundation : Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2001]
- ©2001
- Physical Details
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- 3 DVD-videos (360 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 078063490X, 9780780634909
- OCLC
- ocm47259352
- Credits
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- Narrator: David McCullough
- David Morse ; Holly Hunter
- Cinematography, James Callanan; editor, Tom Haneke; music, Michael Bacon; film producer, Amanda Pollack; executive producer, Margaret Drain
- Special features include: interviews with the producer and cinematographer, audio descriptions, audio navigation, three-part featurette, interactive map, videos interview of historians, timelines, essays, photo galleries, and teacher's guide.
- Originally broadcast in February 2001 on the PBS television program: The American Experience.
- Dolby surround sound.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- Program 1, Ambition (60 min.) -- Program 2, We are elected (60 min.)
- disc 1. Ambition ; We are elected -- disc 2. Shattered ; Dearest of all things -- disc 3. This frightful war ; Blind with weeping