 | The 1893 Chicago World's Fair is the setting for this true account of two very different men: the celebrated architect Daniel H. Burnham who designed and supervised the construction of the "White City" around which the fair was built, and H.H. Holmes... |
 | Director Burt Kennedy's Western is a bawdy, all-out parody that skewers every cliché the genre has to offer. There's Jason McCullough (James Garner), the sharpshooting stranger passing through town who becomes sheriff; the Danbys, a villainous gang... |
 | A Texas oil company attempts to buy out a Scottish fishing village for a refinery, and the result is utter confusion. One of the town's least prominent citizens owns a strategic piece of property which he refuses to sell. A warm, acclaimed comedy... |
 | Many Americans know about "the Dust Bowl" from the songs of Woody Guthrie (who experienced it) or from the famous book and film of Steinbeck's THE GRAPES OF WRATH. In THE WORST HARD TIME, Timothy Egan reminds us that, while many left the Dust Bowl to... |
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 | A collection of two comedies starring James Garner as a sly western cowboy. Features included are SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF (1968) and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GUNFIGHTER (1971;G). See individual titles for further details. |
 | Historian Douglas Brinkley, who lives and teaches in New Orleans, provides a comprehensive account of the events of 2005's Hurricane Katrina, as well as an analysis of the reasons why this natural disaster became a man-made tragedy. His detailed... |
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 | This work details the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, which connects Manhattan to Brooklyn across the East River. Not only does the author survey the construction of this amazing structure, he places the event within its historical and cultural... |
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