Most Popular Books by Ken Burns

The definitive Ken Burns hardcover selection. Six hardcover classics, including:The Civil War: An Illustrated History,Unforgivable Blackness:The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson,Jazz: A History of America''s Music,Not for Ourselves Alone:The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony,Baseball: An Illustrated History, andLewis & Clark: the Journey of the Corps of Discovery.

On 14 May 1804 Meriwether lewis and William Clark set out from Cape Dubois near St Louis with nearly four dozen man and headed west on the Missouri River. Sent by their scientist - President Thomas Jefferson, they were embarking on the nation''s first exploration into unknown places, the most important expedition in American history. They called themselves the Corps of Discovery, yet they would fail to discover the primary object of their mission - the Northwest passage - a mythical all-river route through the mountains. Instead, their real discovery would be the last itself - and the promises it held. This magnificent book, written by Dayton Duncan-with contributions from Ken Burns, Stephen Ambrose, William least Heat-Moon and Erica Funkhouser - is illustrated with the full spectrum of animals, plants , landscapes, people and entire cultures which had never previously been seen by ''civilized'' men. It also draws on the journals kept by Lewis and Clark and by others in the Corps: reports of their encounters with indians; loving descriptions of the Western landscape ; introductions to two of the most fascinating characters in the party, the Shoshone woman Sacagawea and Clark''s slave York; intense accounts of hunger, numbing cold, loneliness, excitement; and much more.

From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, The Roosevelts, and others: a richly illustrated, human-centered history of America’s founding struggle—expanding on the landmark, six-part PBS series to be aired in November 2025 “From a small spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen not to be extinguished.” —Thomas Paine In defeating the British Empire and giving birth to a new nation, the American Revolution turned the world upside down. Thirteen colonies on the Atlantic coast rose in rebellion, won their independence, and established a new form of government that radically reshaped the continent and inspired independence movements and democratic reforms around the globe. The American Revolution was at once a war for independence, a civil war, and a world war, fought by neighbors on American farms and between global powers an ocean or more away. In this sumptuous volume, historian Geoffrey C. Ward ably steers us through the international forces at play, telling the story not from the top down but from the bottom up—and through the eyes of not only our “Founding Fathers” but also those of ordinary soldiers, as well as underrepresented populations such as women, African Americans, Native Americans, and American Loyalists, asking who exactly was entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Enriched by guest essays from lauded historians such as Vincent Brown, Maya Jasanoff, and Alan Taylor, and by an astonishing array of prints, drawings, paintings, texts, and pamphlets from the time period, and newly commissioned art and maps—and woven together with the words of Thomas Paine—The American Revolution reveals a nation still grappling with the questions that fueled its remarkable founding.

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Tells the story of the Black baseball teams that played throughout the country before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947

The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War. America''s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation''s most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone.

Notes from an interview of Robert Cooley by PBS Producer Ken Burns for his research on Thomas Jefferson. Cooley believes he is a great-great-great-great-great grandson of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings through her son Thomas Woodson. Cooley gives details of his family''s oral history traditions.

Celebrates the achievements of jazz from it''s origins in blues and ragtime through swing, bebop and fusion. The 10 part series includes 75 interviews, 500 pieces of music, 2400 still photographs and 2000 film clips.

Celebrates the achievements of jazz from it''s origins in blues and ragtime through swing, bebop and fusion. The 10 part series includes 75 interviews, 500 pieces of music, 2400 still photographs and 2000 film clips.

Celebrates the achievements of jazz from it''s origins in blues and ragtime through swing, bebop and fusion. The 10 part series includes 75 interviews, 500 pieces of music, 2400 still photographs and 2000 film clips.

From the authors of "Jazz, Baseball, " and "The Civil War": the first fully illustrated biography of one of the central figures of literature--the American titan who gave readers Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and "Life on the Mississippi." A companion volume to the four-hour PBS television series. 150 illustrations, 40 in color.

Celebrates the achievements of jazz from it''s origins in blues and ragtime through swing, bebop and fusion. The 10 part series includes 75 interviews, 500 pieces of music, 2400 still photographs and 2000 film clips.

With live cinematography, interviews and rare archival footage this film brings Frank Lloyd Wright''s story, as one of the greatest American architects, to life.