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Why did it take settlers 200 years to get to the Missouri River and only a generation to settle the West? Historian Richard White discusses the icons and myths of "the American West" in this program from American Heritage's Great Minds of American History series (also available on audiocassette). White, author of "It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own": A New History of the American West, explains how the log cabin developed from an 18th-century icon of America's "primitive," "degenerate," and "backwardness" into a 19th-century symbol of progress, where even a President is proud to have been born. In this program, White provides wonderful insights into the importance of the Alamo, Little Big Horn, Buffalo Bill's theatrical presentations, and Frederick Jackson Turner's most famous sound byte. White also gracefully tackles interviewer Roger Mudd's questions about race and gender in the West with insightful examples from Western films. He ends with his thoughts on the importance of history and family stories, discussing the process of interviewing his mother for Remembering Ahanagran: Storytelling in a Family's Past. --Tara F. Chace
| ACTORS: | Great Minds of History, Richard White |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1999 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Unapix |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Documentary |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 711027031334 |