Ken Burns - The War

[Eleazar]

Coming on Sept. 23 to PBS.

I suck at the internet so click on this link (mms://wm.z1.mii-streaming.net/media/pbs/windows/general/windows/thewar/press_tour_320.wmv)

[Jenson71]

In extraordinary times . . . there are no ordinary lives.

Can't go wrong with Ken Burns, can ya?

http://www.pbs.org/thewar/

[Eleazar]

Found a clip from the civil war one on youtube. I've always meant to get those on DVD, need to get around to that.

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[Jenson71]

Found a clip from the civil war one on youtube. I've always meant to get those on DVD, need to get around to that.


They'd be great to have. Unfortunately, they cost an arm and a leg. Baseball is $180.

[Bob Dole]

Found a clip from the civil war one on youtube. I've always meant to get those on DVD, need to get around to that.

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Bob Dole had that on VHS and lost it in the divorce. Excellent.

[Jenson71]

Here's a clip of Ken Burns' Jazz. The narrator, Keith David, is the narrator for The War. David is the second guy who talks, not the first.

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Personally, I like David McCullough, who narrated The Civil War and Baseball.

EDIT - I was wrong about Baseball. He's done a few Burns' films, but Baseball wasn't one of them.

[Eleazar]

Personally, I like David McCullough, who narrated The Civil War and Baseball.

The same as the author of <i>1776</i>? Excellent read, not quite finished, but entertaining.

[Jenson71]

The same as the author of <i>1776</i>? Excellent read, not quite finished, but entertaining.

That's him. And a number of other great history books, like John Adams and The Great Bridge. Maybe he's getting too old? He's gotta be about 80.

[chagrin]

netflix has all discs, good stuff

[Deberg_1990]

Apparantly Burns didnt realize Latinos served in WW2

[Amnorix]

The same as the author of 1776? Excellent read, not quite finished, but entertaining.


McCullough is very good. 1776 is about as light as he can get. More detailed are Truman, John Adams and, err, Path Between the Seas (thinks that's the name, it's out on loan so I can't glance over at it on my book case), the book about the building of the Panama Canal.

Those are the only books of his I've read, and I've found them all quite excellent.

And if you elect to read John Adams and like it, I'd immediately go on to Ron Chernow (great author) on Alexander Hamilton. I actually find Hamilton more interesting than Adams, in general.

[Amnorix]

That's him. And a number of other great history books, like John Adams and The Great Bridge. Maybe he's getting too old? He's gotta be about 80.

Great Bridge. Is that the Brooklyn Bridge? I seem to remember hearing/seeing that he'd written about that. Any good? I haven't read that one.

[Jenson71]

Great Bridge. Is that the Brooklyn Bridge? I seem to remember hearing/seeing that he'd written about that. Any good? I haven't read that one.

Yep. I haven't read it, but Modern Library named it their 48th greatest nonfiction book in the 20th century. And on the topic, Burns did a film on the bridge, and McCoullough narrated that one.