Multimedia Collection
The Way West: How the West Was Lost & Won 1845-1893
DVD
360 min
1995
F591 .W388 2006 DVD
Between 1845 and 1893, the American West was lost and won - wound with ribbons of iron and wire and brought within the domination of the United States - while, along the way, the lives of hundreds of thousands of Native Americans were violently disrupted and all but destroyed. This mesmerizing six-hour documentary series from acclaimed filmmaker Ric Burns (The Civil War, Coney Island, New York), chronicles the final astonishing decades of the American frontier from the time of the Gold rush until after the last gasp of the Indian wars at Wounded Knee.
- Episode 1. Westward, the course of empire takes its way, 1845-1964
- Episode 2. Approach of civilization, 1865-1869
- Episode 3. War for the Black Hills, 1870-1876
- Episode 4. Ghost Dance, 1877-1893
Distributed by PBS Home Video.
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