The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns @ richardeward.com

The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns
from Pbs Home Video
starring Ken Burns

Features:

• Box set
• Black & White
• Closed-captioned
• Color

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Unsurpassed overview of the Civil War
  I have spent quite a bit of my learning time in the past two years focusing on the Civil War, wanting to get a better handle on the whole thing. I watched movies, read books, listened to books on tape, listened to college lectures, recorded and watched shows from the History Channel and PBS. I visited Civil War battlefields at Gettysburg and in Virginia and Tennessee.
  Throughout this, I used Ken Burns' film as my guide to keep things straight. I think I have watched every part of this film at least... more info

• A Great History Lessons, But Lacks The Emotional Punch Of "The War"
  Ken Burns' epic documentary about the Civil War is perhaps the greatest and most all-encompassing history lesson of the North/South conflict that has ever been put on film or page. Not only is every important detail of the war covered (and in such a way that the details are interesting and important, not boring), but two entire episodes are devoted to the build-up and aftermath of the conflict. Essentially, if you were teaching a class on the Civil War, this video is all you would need, as it both conveys... more info

• As good as it gets.
  This is another great documentary accredited to Ken Burns. Nicely done and extremely informative. I purchased this for my wife who loves it and has watched it several times over.

• A true masterpiece, regardless of historical reservations!
  Regardless of historical reservations and allegations of bias from both North and South, I regard this work of Ken Burns as a true masterpiece. I bought my first set on VHS several years ago at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and played it through a dozen or more times. I went to the expense of having this set transferred to new tapes for my VHS player here in England. Having heard in 2002 that it was available on DVD and that the whole series had been digitally enhanced, I purchased the same and I can vouch for... more info

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