Geoffrey C Ward

An extraordinarily vivid and personal portrait of America's greatest political family and its enormous impact on our nation--the companion volume to the seven-part PBS documentary series.

The companion colume to the magnificent seven-part PBS series. The American experience of World War II captured in the words and deeds, thoughts and feelings of those who made history on the battlefields and on the home front.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were born four years and severty-one miles apart, into a world ruled entirely by men. Together, for more than half a century, they led the struggle to win the most basic civil rights for women. Yet although their work immeasurably bettered the lives of a majority of American citizens, thei names and deeds have been largely forgotten.

An intimate portrait of the uncommon family, early years and private world of the man who became FDR.

Portrays the lives of politicians, soldiers, and slaves during the Civil War.

Text and lavish photographs present the art and treasures of the Maharajas of India.

This film "examines America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Americans consider themselves a 'nation of immigrants,' but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolded in Europe, the United States proved unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate people seeking refuge. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who as children endured...