Geography of hope /
By the 1870s the American conquest of the West was nearly complete. In one decade, with Native Americans effectively confined to reservations, some four-and-a-half million new settlers would arrive to stake their claim to the future. Pap Singleton, an ex-slave from Tennessee, became the era's &...
| Uniform Title: | West (Television program). |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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[Alexandria, VA] :
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS),
[1996]
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| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | By the 1870s the American conquest of the West was nearly complete. In one decade, with Native Americans effectively confined to reservations, some four-and-a-half million new settlers would arrive to stake their claim to the future. Pap Singleton, an ex-slave from Tennessee, became the era's "Black Moses," leading his people to the free soil of Kansas. A frail New York politician transformed himself into a rugged North Dakota rancher, and eventually, president of the United States. And as Americans tried to "tame" the West, the nation's greatest showman, Buffalo Bill Cody, instead offered adoring crowds his enthusiastic version of a "Wild West"--Heroic, glorious, romantic, and most of all, mythic. |
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| Item Description: | Originally broadcast in 1996 as episode 7 of the PBS television series The West. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (86 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences |
| Playing Time: | 01:26:02 |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Edited by Richard Hankin ; director of photography, Buddy Squires with Allen Moore ; music, Matthias Gohl. |