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Author:

American experience (Television program)

Title:

The way West [videorecording] : how the West was lost and won, 1845-1893 / Steeplechase Films, Inc. ; produced by Lisa Ades and Ric Burns ; written and directed by Ric Burns.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

PBS Distribution,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

West (U.S.)--Territorial expansion.
United States--History--19th century.
Indians of North America.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.

Other Authors:

McCullough, David G.
Baker, Russell, 1925- nrt
Burns, Ric.
Ades, Lisa.
Steeplechase Films Inc.
PBS Home Video.
Channel Four (Great Britain)

Notes:

Introduced by David McCullough ; narrated by Russell Baker. Originally produced as episodes of the television program The American experience in 1995, in association with Channel Four Television.

Contents:

Episode 1. Westward, the course of empire takes its way, 1845-1964 -- Episode 2. Approach of civilization, 1865-1869 -- Episode 3. War for the Black Hills, 1870-1876 -- Episode 4. Ghost Dance, 1877-1893.

Summary:

Chronicles the final decades of the American frontier from the time of the Gold Rush until after the last gasp of the Indian wars at Wounded Knee.

ISBN:

9781415716922
1415716927

OCLC:

(OCoLC)644584325

Locations:

OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)