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Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
We The People of the United States ... almost lost Thanksgiving. Thankfully, Sarah Hale, a magazine editor and author, believed in its importance, and persuaded President Lincoln to transform Thanksgiving Day into a national holiday. With an introduction by the author.
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Charles Kuralt found everyone interesting. Beginning in 1967, he and his small CBS television crew crisscrossed the nation in a motor home, avoiding the interstates to meet the ordinary people on America's back roads. First aired on The CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite, the resulting vignettes became a beloved touchstone of American culture for more than 20 years.
4) The butler
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story about Cecil Gaines, a devoted husband, father, and White House butler who served eight Presidential administrations during the turbulent politics and civil rights battles of twentieth century America.
6) Diner
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1959, a band of long-time buddies since high school gather at a local diner to share their escapades and make sense of their lives. As one by one they drift off to join the mainstream of life they still cling to their shared boyhood dreams.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Larry the Cable Guy takes a zany spin around the U.S. From the Oregon Trail to the Grand Canyon, from crossing the Delaware to searching for California₁s gold, Larry's signature persona delivers offbeat America, with stories of real history and loads of down-home fun. Larry 'gits-r-done, ' as he visits iconic sites, engaging people along the way. Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy brings fun-loving 'country' to an historic level.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Delves into the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and how it affected people, how the American public worked together to get through the massive hardships, and how the economy recovered with World War II. Examine the changes that swept the shaken nation during the first year - from the landslide victory of FDR in 1932 to Dust Bowl farmers. Americans sought release from the hard times wherever they could find it - from marathon dancing to going to the movies....
9) Baseball
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Here is the story of a nation at work and play. It is an epic overflowing with heroes and hopefuls, scoundrels and screwballs. It is a saga spanning the quest for racial justice, the clash of labor and management, the transformation of popular culture, and the unfolding of the national pastime. Experience it in ten thrilling "innings" from master storyteller and award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.
10) The butler
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story about Cecil Gaines, a devoted husband, father, and White House butler who served eight Presidential administrations during the turbulent politics and civil rights battles of twentieth century America.
Series
Criterion collection volume 476
Language
English
Formats
Description
Benjamin Button was a not-so-ordinary man who began his life under unusual circumstances. Born in his eighties, and unable to stop time, he continued to age backwards. His life story is detailed from the end of World War I in 1918 and into the 21st century, when he discovered a love that lasted beyond time.
"...a triumph of technique."--A.O. Scott, New York Times
"...pleasures come in a series of small packages, with treats inside as tasty as they...
13) Annie
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
The story of the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, who is adopted by billionaire "Daddy" Warbucks.
14) The great Gatsby
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Great Gatsby follows viable writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922. Chasing his own American dream, Nick lands next door to Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her husband, Tom Buchanan. Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the rich and their loves and deceits. As he bears witness, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams, and tragedy, and holds...
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