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Mark Twain by Ken Burns( Visual )

19 editions published between 2001 and 2017 in English and German and held by 1,517 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recounts Mark Twain's life told primarily through his own words. Includes interviews with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, William Styron and many others

The Dust Bowl : an illustrated history by Dayton Duncan( Book )

4 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 1,327 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

For almost a decade, a devastating combination of drought, wind, and poor farming practices turned millions of acres of the Great Plains into a wasteland. Ceaseless "black blizzards," turned night into day, killed crops and livestock, threatened the lives of small children, and buried homesteaders' hopes under huge dunes of dirt. The authors tell the story through private letters, newspaper accounts, and vivid interviews conducted with dozens of survivors -- the last living witnesses of the Dust Bowl, who provide scaring details of their families' ordeals. More than 300 archival photos, some from acclaimed photographers and some -- never before published -- from amateur locals, help bring this critical period to life, when the forces of greed, misinformation, and wishful thinking conspired to nearly sweep away the breadbasket of the nation. Here are stories of incredible hardship: More than 850 million tons of topsoil blew away in a single year; 14 million grasshoppers per square mile descended on parched fields; and one-quarter of the region's inhabitants packed up and left. But the Dust Bowl is also about the courage and resilience of those who remained to save their farms and their families. A larger narrative emerges: A morality tale about our relationship to the land, a study of the role and limits of government, and an affirmation of the human capacity for heroic perseverance through the crucible of drought, Depression, and dust

Horatio's drive : America's first road trip by Ken Burns( Visual )

17 editions published between 2003 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,304 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric Vermont doctor, drove from San Francisco to New York City, in 1903 to became the first person to drive an automobile across the continent - a feat never before accomplished. It would mark the beginning of a new era in America and the end of another. It took Lewis & Clark over two years to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific - Horatio went the opposite direction, by means of the "Horseless carriage", in less than 3 months

The West : an illustrated history for children by Dayton Duncan( Book )

4 editions published between 1995 and 1996 in English and held by 875 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A presentation, based on a PBS television documentary, of the story of the West, a magnificent but harsh landscape, and the people who have tried to claim it.--

Miles from nowhere : tales from America's contemporary frontier by Dayton Duncan( Book )

11 editions published between 1993 and 2000 in English and held by 829 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The author set out in his battered truck to explore the frontier--an area with fewer than two people per square mile--where he met a collection of unforgettable Americans and discovered ironic and surprising comparisons with the past

People of the West by Dayton Duncan( Book )

4 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 743 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tells the stories of fifteen men and women whose individual experiences provide a representative picture of life during the formative years of the American West

Lewis & Clark : the journey of the Corps of Discovery( Visual )

1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 553 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them

Grass roots : one year in the life of the New Hampshire presidential primary by Dayton Duncan( Book )

6 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 408 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The national parks : America's best idea by Dayton Duncan( Recording )

8 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 391 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series. America's national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation's most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 of the valley that would become Yosemite and the creation of the world's first national park at Yellowstone in 1872, through the most recent additions to a system that now encompasses nearly four hundred sites and 84 million acres. The authors recount the adventures, mythmaking, and intense political battles behind the evolution of the park system, and the enduring ideals that fostered its growth. They capture the importance and splendors of the individual parks: from Haleakala in Hawaii to Acadia in Maine, from Denali in Alaska to the Everglades in Florida, from Glacier in Montana to Big Bend in Texas. And they introduce us to a diverse cast of compelling characters -- both unsung heroes and famous figures such as John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, and Ansel Adams -- who have been transformed by these special places and committed themselves to saving them from destruction so that the rest of us could be transformed as well

Mark Twain by Geoffrey C Ward( Recording )

7 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 321 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A companion to the PBS miniseries presents material from the great writer's literary works, diaries, and letters, and follows him from his Hannibal, Missouri childhood to his career as a journalist and author, accompanied by essays on him by contemporary scholars and authors