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Booth, John Wilkes 1838-1865 Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 Confederate States of America History, Military Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Lincoln, Mary Todd 1818-1882 Military art and science History Technology United States United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 États-Unis Histoire 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)Filter By Subjects
Booth, John Wilkes 1838-1865 Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 Confederate States of America History, Military Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Lincoln, Mary Todd 1818-1882 Military art and science History Technology United States United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 États-Unis Histoire 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)Summary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2001
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ABRCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ABRSummary: Celebrate the nation's sixteenth president. Presents a complex portrait of a man who many consider to be our greatest commander-in-chief, but who considered himself a lonely man. Brings to life the tumultuous time in which he led the country, some of his finest Civil War moments, and his final hours.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LINSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2011