| Description |
1 videodisc (46 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Biography |
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Biography (A & E Home Video (Firm))
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Performer |
Host: Jack Perkins ; narrator: Blair Bess ; interviews with: Roger McGrath, David Carkeet, John V. Boyer, Forrest G. Robinson, Joe McCullough, Darryl Brock, Hamlin Hill. |
| Credits |
Camera, Steve White, Paul Johnson ; editor, Kevin P. Browne ; music, Christopher L. Stone. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on television in 1995. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Explore the life and legacy of Mark Twain, the man whose work gave American literature its voice. He was a great American original, a gifted and irreverent storyteller whose portrayal of a wild young nation captured the imagination of the world. Whether it be on the trails of the Wild West, the streets of New York, and in the shore towns of his beloved Mississippi River, Mark Twain lived out the greatest adventures of nineteenth-century America. Revisit the life of this literary giant from his carefree boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri to the devastating tragedies of his later life. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Imagination in literature.
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Adventure and adventurers.
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Authors, American -- 19th century.
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Imaginantion in literature.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. (OCoLC)fst00031622
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Adventure and adventurers. (OCoLC)fst00797447
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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Imagination in literature. (OCoLC)fst00967604
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical television programs. (OCoLC)fst01726117
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Biographical television programs.
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Documentary -- Television series.
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Added Author |
Perkins, Jack, 1933-2019
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Bess, Blair.
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McGrath, Roger.
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Carkeet, David.
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Boyer, John V.
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White, Steve.
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Johnson, Paul.
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Stone, Christopher L.
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A & E Home Video (Firm)
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New Video Group.
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| Added Title |
Mark Twain, his amazing adventures |
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Biography (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0767058372 |
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9780767058377 |
| Standard No. |
733961710625 |
| Music No. |
AAE-71062 A & E Home Video |
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