Reel 1982

The American Experience serves up an edifying American History 101 lesson with "The Way West." Director Ric Burns' expansive two-part, six-hour documentary gets underway Monday on most PBS stations and concludes Tuesday. A lot of ground is covered in this slowly paced but informative chronicle of the settling, or—depending on whose side you take—unsettling of the West. Descriptions of atrocities visited upon both homesteaders and Native Americans can be unnerving for some youngsters, and Part 2 contains some graphic photos of corpses.

incl. boredom, hunger & battles.

The American Experience serves up an edifying American History 101 lesson with "The Way West." Director Ric Burns' expansive two-part, six-hour documentary gets underway Monday on most PBS stations and concludes Tuesday. A lot of ground is covered in this slowly paced but informative chronicle of the settling, or—depending on whose side you take—unsettling of the West. Descriptions of atrocities visited upon both homesteaders and Native Americans can be unnerving for some youngsters, and Part 2 contains some graphic photos of corpses.

incl. boredom, hunger & battles.

THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. The American Experience serves up an edifying American History 101 lesson with "The Way West." Director Ric Burns' expansive two-part, six-hour documentary gets underway Monday on most PBS stations and concludes Tuesday. A lot of ground is covered in this slowly paced but informative chronicle of the settling, or—depending on whose side you take—unsettling of the West. Descriptions of atrocities visited upon both homesteaders and Native Americans can be unnerving for some youngsters, and Part 2 contains some graphic photos of corpses.