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2) John Adams
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Television mini-series that dramatizes four generations of Adamses and 150 years of American history from the birth of the Revolution through the Gilded Age. Meet John Adams, a passionate revolutionary and second president; John Quincy Adams, proud son of a famous father and sixth president; Charles Francis Adams, skillful minister to Great Britain during the Civil War; historian Henry Adams; and railroad magnate Charles Francis Adams, Jr. Going beyond...
4) LBJ
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.7 - AR Pts: 23
Formats
Description
Drawing from the newly catalogued Washington papers at the University of Virginia, the author paints a full portrait of Washington's life and career in the context of eighteenth-century America, richly detailing his private life and illustrating the ways in which it influenced his public persona.
7) The Butler
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Inspired by a true story about Cecil Gaines, a devoted husband, father, and White House butler who served eight Presidential administrations during the turbulent politics and civil rights battles of twentieth century America.
8) Jackie
Pub. Date
2017
Description
A searing and intimate portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American history, seen through the eyes of the iconic First Lady, then Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. The film places us in her world during the days immediately following her husband's assassination. Known for her extraordinary dignity and poise, here we see a psychological portrait of the First Lady as she struggles to maintain her husband's legacy and the world of A...
9) Warm springs
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
The inspiring true story about Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, who seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
"****...'Warm Springs' can proudly take its place with the best of HBO's biographies."--USA Today.
"Rich, inspiring and surprising."--Us Weekly.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
President Abraham Lincoln's bodyguard, U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon, a banjo-playing Southerner, foiled repeated attempts on the President's life and kept him functioning during the darkest hours of the Civil War. This biographical dramatization is filmed using a combination of real Civil War photos and green screen, a technique Director Salvador Litvak calls CineCollage, bringing the story of America's Greatest President to life!