Baseball. Poster of the 1994 TV series and cover of the book novelization
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Baseball
Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, 1994
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Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, 1994-2010

Baseball traverses the quest for racial justice, the clash between labor and management, the immigrant experience, the transformation of popular culture, and the enduring appeal of the national pastime.


The Roosevelts: An Intimate History. Poster of the 2014 TV series and cover of the book novelization
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The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, 2014
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Ken Burns, 2014

A documentary that intricately intertwines the stories of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt—three individuals from one of the most prominent and influential families in American politics.


Abraham Lincoln. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2018 book, Leadership: In Turbulent Times
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Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2018
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Malcolm Venville, 2022

The series tells the true story of America’s iconic 16th president. Across three two-hour episodes, the mini-series immerses viewers into the world and story of Abe before Lincoln. A young man looking to make his mark, who grows into the man who puts himself in position to lead the young United States through its’ greatest crisis.


Theodore Roosevelt. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2018 book, Leadership: In Turbulent Times
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Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2018
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Malcolm Venville, 2022

The series explores the breadth and depth of one of history’s most interesting men: Theodore Roosvelt. Cowboy, soldier, statesman, conservationist, adventurer, reformer and author who suffered profound personal loss and became at age 42 the youngest president of the United States, having a monumental impact that is still felt today.


Lincoln. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 2005 book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2005
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Steven Spielberg, 2012

In January 1865, United States President Abraham Lincoln expects the Civil War to end soon, with the defeat of the Confederate States. He is concerned that his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation may be discarded by the courts after the war and that the proposed Thirteenth Amendment will be defeated by the returning slave states.


The Kennedys of Massachusetts. Poster of the 1990 TV series and cover of the 1987 book, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga
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The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga
Doris Kearns Goodwin, 1987
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Lamont Johnson, 1990

A mini-series profiling the Kennedy family ran three nights. It chronicles 55 years in the lives of the family opening in 1906 with the marriage of Joseph P. Kennedy, a Harvard graduate, to Rose Fitzgerald, the daughter of Boston’s Mayor.