Chronicling the efforts of historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich to gather facts about early American life through the diaries of Maine resident and midwife Martha Ballard (1735?-1812). Included: dramatizations of some of the passages; and the use of town documents to supplement some of Ballard's accounts.
Aired: Oct 5, 1997Biography of U.S. President Harry S Truman.
Aired: Oct 6, 1997He was a farmer, a businessman, an unknown politician who suddenly found hims...
3. Vietnam: Parts I & II - Roots of War/America's Mandarin
Aired: Jan 19, 1998Chronicling the efforts of historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich to gather facts a...
4. Vietnam: Parts III & IV - LBJ Goes to War/America Takes Charge
Aired: Feb 2, 1998Recalling the life of Carl Fisher, the entrepreneur who “sold the glamour of ...
5. Vietnam: Parts V & VI - America's Enemy/Tet 1968
Aired: Feb 9, 1998Chronicling the epidemic of the Spanish flu in 1918, which claimed “more than...
6. Vietnam: Parts VII & VIII - Vietnamizing the War/Cambodia and Laos
Aired: Feb 23, 1998The life and legacy of Ronald Reagan are examined in a two-part study, beginn...
7. Vietnam: Parts IX & X - Peace Is at Hand/Homefront USA
Aired: Feb 24, 1998The conclusion of a biography of Ronald Reagan focuses on the president's sec...
Aired: Mar 2, 1998A docudrama adaptation of Ulrich's Pulitzer-winning book, which was based on ...
Aired: Apr 13, 1998The story of Carl Graham Fisher, an Indiana entrepreneur who created Miami Be...
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Guest Staring
Current Status: Currently Airing
Network: PBS
Production Country: United States
Genres:Documentary, History, Biography
