...the pantheon of American con men. The author, whose 15 previous books include several collaborations with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, comes at his subject with a sense of dispassion, despite the family connection, and a touch of astonishment at how...
...culture. Hockey, a People's Historyis the book that accompanied a CBC series that is to hockey what Ken Burns' Baseball is to that sport. There isn't yet a great book on the on-going revolution in the sport engendered by the Russians (particularly during...
...'The War' (Paramount Home Media/PBS Distribution) The War Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s powerful and acclaimed documentary ‘The War’ is now available on Blu-ray for the first time ever from PBS Distribution and Paramount Home Media...
...public broadcaster PBS has several major documentary programs in the pipeline for the fall, including the premiere of Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl; Half the Sky, featuring New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof; and three-part doc series Broadway or...
...for A First-Class Temperament, his biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He has written many other books, some with Ken Burns, on subjects ranging from baseball to tigers. But A Disposition to Be Rich is a special accomplishment. It is a most peculiar...
...for A First-Class Temperament, his biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He has written many other books, some with Ken Burns, on subjects ranging from baseball to tigers. But A Disposition to Be Rich is a special accomplishment. It is a most peculiar...
...on public television — as host of Smithsonian World, The American Experience, and narrator of numerous documentaries including Ken Burns' The Civil War. He is also the narrator's voice in the movie Seabiscuit. The Graves Library, which is listed on the...
...(ARA) - As filmmaker Ken Burns noted in his award-winning documentary, The Civil War, the conflict "was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, N. M., and Tullahoma, Tenn., to St. Albans, Vt., and Fernandina...
...(ARA) - As filmmaker Ken Burns noted in his award-winning documentary, The Civil War, the conflict "was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, N. M., and Tullahoma, Tenn., to St. Albans, Vt., and Fernandina...
...public TV network.The pairs Appalachian- and Celtic-influenced music won them a Grammy and was featured on the Ken Burns miniseries The National Parks: Americas Best Idea. Admission is $15. Visit www.whitehorse blackmountain.comThe Black Lillies, fronted...
...(ARA) - As filmmaker Ken Burns noted in his award-winning documentary, The Civil War, the conflict "was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, N. M., and Tullahoma, Tenn., to St. Albans, Vt., and Fernandina...
...(ARA) - As filmmaker Ken Burns noted in his award-winning documentary, The Civil War, the conflict "was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, N. M., and Tullahoma, Tenn., to St. Albans, Vt., and Fernandina...
...(ARA) - As filmmaker Ken Burns noted in his award-winning documentary, The Civil War, the conflict "was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, N. M., and Tullahoma, Tenn., to St. Albans, Vt., and Fernandina...
...(ARA) - As filmmaker Ken Burns noted in his award-winning documentary, The Civil War, the conflict "was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, N. M., and Tullahoma, Tenn., to St. Albans, Vt., and Fernandina...