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American Experience

Season 10 Episode 8: A Midwife's Tale

36 SeasonsMar 02, 1998TV-PG1h 29m7.7

A docudrama adaptation of Ulrich's Pulitzer-winning book, which was based on thousands of entries in the journal of Martha Ballard, a Maine midwife, in the late 1700's and early 1800's. The movie intercuts between reenactments of Ballard...

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Season 10 Episodes:

Episode 2 Truman: Part II

2. Truman: Part II

Aired: Oct 6, 1997

He was a farmer, a businessman, an unknown politician who suddenly found hims...

Episode 8 A Midwife's Tale

8. A Midwife's Tale

Aired: Mar 2, 1998

A docudrama adaptation of Ulrich's Pulitzer-winning book, which was based on ...

Episode 9 Mr. Miami Beach

9. Mr. Miami Beach

Aired: Apr 13, 1998

The story of Carl Graham Fisher, an Indiana entrepreneur who created Miami Be...

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Current Status: Currently Airing

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary, History, Biography

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