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- 9/11 10th Anniversary Edition DVD
- This 9/11 10th Anniversary DVD Set commemorates the 10th anniversary of the attacks on New York’s World Trade Center with three new special programs. This 3-DVD set contains: VOICES FROM INSIDE THE TOWERS At 8:46 a.m. on September 11, 2001, American Flight 11 crashed into the North… [ read more ]
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off- America The Story of Us DVD Set
- Included in set: America The Story of Us: REBELS From Jamestown to Plymouth, early settlers fight for survival. Tobacco sows the seeds of opportunity in the South, the North becomes a powerhouse of trade, and the American spirit is born. Tension, taxation and resistance explode into war… [ read more ]
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SALE- Civil Rights & Slavery Collection
- Includes: Eyes on The Prize Americas Civil Rights Years 1954-1965 DVD - Produced by Blackside, Eyes on the Prize tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric… [ read more ]
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- Includes: American Experience: Freedom Riders DVD - In 1961, the Civil Rights Movement in America was at a turning point -- while the Supreme Court had ruled that racial segregation was illegal, in many parts of the South public facilities were still divided into areas for blacks and… [ read more ]
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- An unprecedented four-part series, AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES uncovers a new level personal discovery. Using genealogy, oral history, family stories, and DNA analysis to trace lineages through American history and back to Africa, the series provides life-changing journeys for a diverse group of… [ read more ]
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off- American Experience: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided DVD
- From award-winning film-maker David Grubin, this 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… [ read more ]
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- In the tradition of American Experience's acclaimed Presidents series, Clinton provides an intimate, honest, balanced look at the 42nd president's life, career, and legacy. This definitive biography will track William Jefferson Clinton from his difficult childhood in Hope, Arkansas, through… [ read more ]
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- In the tradition of American Experience's acclaimed Presidents series, Clinton provides an intimate, honest, balanced look at the 42nd president's life, career, and legacy. This definitive biography will track William Jefferson Clinton from his difficult childhood in Hope, Arkansas, through… [ read more ]
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- Robert F. Kennedy played a significant role in many of the political events that shaped America in the 1960s, from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the civil rights struggle, making his assassination in 1968 all the more tragic. This episode of PBS's "American Experience" focuses on the life and… [ read more ]
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- In 1929 there were few critics of the stock market; it seemed to rise without limits. In fact, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a "New Era" when everyone could be rich. But when reality finally struck, the consequences of such unbound… [ read more ]
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- Alexander Hamilton, was an impoverished immigrant from the West Indies. Aaron Burr was born into wealth and privilege in New England. Both rose to fame: one became a framer of the U.S. Constitution, the other a Revolutionary War veteran and financier. In 1804 they faced each other in a duel… [ read more ]
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- Travel back to a time when an American royal family captured the world's imagination. "American Experience: The Kennedys" (2004) provides the first in-depth exploration of the rise of an American political dynasty. Beginning with family patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy's work on Wall Street and… [ read more ]
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- This insightful 2005 documentary about the greatest union hero of the Civil War is presented from public television's "American Experience." The fascinating four-hour study of the brilliant military tactician features Ulysses "Sam" Grant's rise from an ex-military alcoholic clerk to leader… [ read more ]
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- Ben Franklin: Interactive Lesson Plan with DVD
- A writer, scientist, politician, ruthless competitor, diplomat and a founding father of this great nation. To use a purchase order, please call 1-800-344-6336. To contact your regional History Education Sales Representative for volume sales, c [ read more ]
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- FDR CD-ROM Lesson Plan Set with DVD
- FDR: A PRESIDENCY REVEALED - Using previously unreleased pictures, oral histories, home videos, secret White House recordings and a cousin's diary, this program explores the character of the man who stood at the epicenter of American politics for 12 of the most turbulent years in the… [ read more ]
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- JFK CD-ROM Lesson Plan Set with DVD
- JFK: A PRESIDENCY REVEALED - Using primary sources, audiotapes and first-hand accounts from staff and family, this program follows the life of the nation's magnetic 35th president from the Cuban Missile Crisis through his tragic assassination in 1963. (1 CD-Rom; 2 DVD approx. 300 minutes.) [ read more ]
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- Lewis & Clark CD-ROM Lesson Plan Set with DVD
- LEWIS AND CLARK - This documentary uses journals and firsthand sources in a colorful exploration of the classic westward journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. (1 CD-Rom; 1 DVD approx. 50 minutes.) [ read more ]
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- LIBERTY! The American Revolution is a dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation. The George Foster Peabody award-winning series brings the people, events, and ideas of the revolution to life… [ read more ]
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- How could America call itself the world's greatest democracy, but continue to deny the right to vote to more than half of its citizens? This program documents the struggle which culminated in the passing of the 19th Amendment in the U.S. Senate by one vote. Witness the 70-year struggle for… [ read more ]
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- William Still was one of the most important, yet largely unheralded heroes of the Underground Railroad. Still was determined to get as many runaways as he could to "Freedom's Land," smuggling them across the US border to Canada. Bounty hunters could legally abduct former slaves living in the… [ read more ]
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- War of 1812 DVD
- "The War of 1812" is a two-hour documentary looking at this important historic event from several perspectives, the American, Canadian, British and Native America. The program will have some limited but very well done reenactments and major historians, authors and experts. [ read more ]
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off- America: The Story of Us Blu-Ray
- Click here to purchase the standard version of America The Story of Us A riveting adventure of how America was invented, AMERICA The Story of Us focuses on the people, ideas and events that b [ read more ]
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- The States DVD
- From your own backyard to the remotest points on the map, rediscover America – the strange, the beautiful, and the poignant – with this ultimate celebration of its most unique and wonderful places. Get the entir [ read more ]
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- How The States Got Their Shapes (Hardcover) Why does Oklahoma have that panhandle? Did someone make a mistake? We are so familiar with the map of the United States that our state borders seem as much a part of nature as mountains and rivers. Even the oddities—the entire state of… [ read more ]
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- How The States Got Their Shapes (Hardcover) Why does Oklahoma have that panhandle? Did someone make a mistake? We are so familiar with the map of the United States that our state borders seem as much a part of nature as mountains and rivers. Even the oddities—the entire state of… [ read more ]
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- 1861: The Civil War Awakening (Hardcover)
- As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of our defining national drama, 1861 presents a gripping and original account of how the Civil War began. 1861 is an epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields. Early in that fateful year, a second American revolution unfolded,… [ read more ]
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- The aftermath of the War Between the States was for many as terrible as the hostility itself. This riveting DVD presents the unvarnished story of the traumatic Reconstruction period. Slavery was not wiped out by the Civil War, only driven underground. The post-war chaos was a breeding… [ read more ]
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- The Civil War rages. The minie ball is the great equalizer on the battlefield. The formidable Confederate army cannot match the Union's mastery of technology; railroads, supply lines and the telegram become new weapons in a modern war. With Sherman's March, the South is definitively crushed. [ read more ]
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- Georgia's Civil War DVD
- The Civil War cost more American lives than World War I, II and Vietnam together. Go back 150 years to explore Georgia's role in the war and see why the Union's taking of the seceded state was a major key in the unraveling of the Confederacy. Then relive Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman s… [ read more ]
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- From executive producers Tony Scott and Ridley Scott comes a special about the battle that changed the course of the Civil War and the future of the Nation. "The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." Abraham Lincoln's… [ read more ]
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- From executive producers Tony Scott and Ridley Scott comes a special about the battle that changed the course of the Civil War and the future of the Nation. "The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." Abraham Lincoln's… [ read more ]
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- Greatest Battles Of The Civil War: The Unknown Civil War Series DVD
- Gods And Generals. Victories And Defeats. The True Stories Behind The Greatest Battles.Antietam. Shiloh. Chickamauga. Gettysburg. These were the fields of combat where the armies of North and South fought their most ferocious battles. They remain the legendary clashes that shaped the… [ read more ]
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- Produced with the cooperation of leading Civil War historian Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump, LEE & GRANT is a personal look at two iconic leaders of the Civil War. Surprising details reveal the bold choices and almost godlike power Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee summoned on… [ read more ]
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- The concept that history is written by the victors is perhaps nowhere truer than in the aftermath of the Civil War. The Union's defeat of the Confederacy brought the southern states back into the American fold, but in many ways, the two regions would remain divided, with the North inheriting… [ read more ]
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- Experience for yourself the historical and personal impact of the Civil War in a way that only HISTORY can present in this moving megaset™, filled with over 25 hours of American Civil War content. A multifaceted look at “The War Between the States,” this definitive collection brings the… [ read more ]
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- The Civil War 150th Anniversary DVD Set
- HISTORY® presents a special collection of 3 DVDs commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Set contains: Lee & Grant A personal look at two iconic leaders of the Civil War. Surprising details reveal the bold choices and almost godlike power Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee… [ read more ]
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- The Civil War: 150th Anniversary Collector's Edition DVD
- So prophesied Abraham Lincoln, in a speech given on June 16th, 1858 - two years before his election to the Presidency would trigger the collapse of national unity. The cause - a fundamental paradox in the country's architectural plan. Built as an experiment in freedom, America remained… [ read more ]
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- No-one can relate the experience of a war like those who were there. This uniquely comprehensive collection brings together ten hours of the best programming from THE HISTORY CHANNEL™ . 10 hours of stunning Civil War documentary collected in a single definitive set. Moving reenactments… [ read more ]
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- The Seven-Day Scholar: The Civil War: Exploring History One Week at a Time...
- Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, this captivating new book is a must-have for the Civil War aficionado. Organized into 52 chapters, each of which represents a significant week by theme. Further broken down by influential daily events, readers can become a seven-day… [ read more ]
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- 1943 Lincoln Steel Penny Collection Wartime Emergency Issue in Small Frame
- Issued for just one year at the height of World War II, the 1943 Lincoln steel cent freed up precious copper for America's war effort. It was made from low grade carbon steel, with a zinc coating deposited electrolytically to prevent rusting. You'll own five of these unique coins in our… [ read more ]
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