Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Abraham and Mary Lincoln : a house divided / a David Grubin Productions, Inc. film for American Experience in association with PBS ; produced and directed by David Grubin ; written by David Grubin and Geoffrey C. Ward.

Edition:

Widescreen version.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2014]

Arlington, VA : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2014]

Description:

3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hr.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

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digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

The miniseries weaves together the troubled lives of a dirt-farmer's son and a wealthy Southern slave-owner's daughter. Together, Abraham and Mary Lincoln ascended to the pinnacle of power at the most difficult time in the nation's history, the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln's legacy as the Great Emancipator reshaped the nation while his tragic death left Mary reclusive and forgotten.

Subjects:

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882.

Presidents -- United States -- Biography.

Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Biographical television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Grubin, David, television producer, television director, screenwriter.