American Experience

Season 14 Episode 11: Ulysses S. Grant (Part 1)

36 SeasonsApr 21, 2002TV-PG3h 40m8.1

Ric Burns' profile of the photographer whose connection to Yosemite is such that a mountain near the park is named for him. Adams (1902-84) first visited Yosemite at age 14. "It completely changed his life," says William Turnage, Adams' former business manager. Then his father gave him a Kodak Box Brownie and, as narrator David Ogden Stiers puts it, "he was off." Adams' career is recalled by colleagues, biographers, and his son and daughter.

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Season 14 Episodes:

Episode 3 War Letters

3. War Letters

Aired: Nov 1, 2001

A documentary based on the book "War Letters; Extraordinary Correspondence Fr...

Episode 6 Mount Rushmore

6. Mount Rushmore

Aired: Jan 20, 2002

The grand vision of sculptor Gutzon Borgum and the logistics behind the massi...

Episode 7 Miss America

7. Miss America

Aired: Jan 27, 2002

Recalling the 80-year history of the Miss America Pageant and what narrator C...

Episode 8 Public Enemy Number 1

8. Public Enemy Number 1

Aired: Mar 1, 2002

"Zoot Suit Riots" recalls a week of violence that rocked Los Angeles in June ...

Episode 9 Monkey Trial

9. Monkey Trial

Aired: Feb 23, 2002

In 1925 a Tennessee high school teacher is arrested for teaching Darwin's the...

Episode 10 Zoot Suit Riots

10. Zoot Suit Riots

Aired: Feb 17, 2002

On August 1, 1942, a 22-year-old Mexican American man was stabbed to death at...

Episode 14 A Brilliant Madness

14. A Brilliant Madness

Aired: Apr 2, 2002

The conclusion of this biography of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85) covers the las...

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Info about American Experience

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary, History, Biography