Season 24 (2012)

Billy the Kid
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January 10, 2012 • 55m

A fascinating look at the myth and the man behind it, who, in just a few short years transformed himself from a skinny orphan boy ...Read more

Custer's Last Stand
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January 17, 2012 • 55m

A profile of Gen. George Armstrong Custer (1839-76), nicknamed "the boy general" for his Civil War exploits, who died with many ot...Read more

Clinton: The Comeback Kid (1)
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February 20, 2012 • 55m

Part 1 of a two-part profile of former president Bill Clinton charts his path from Hope, Ark., to Washington, D.C., ending midway ...Read more

Clinton: The Survivor (2)
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February 21, 2012 • 55m

The conclusion of the Bill Clinton biography recalls the Monica Lewinsky scandal, which led to Clinton becoming the second U.S. pr...Read more

The Amish
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February 28, 2012 • 55m

The first documentary to deeply penetrate and explore this profoundly attention-averse group, The Amish answers many questions Ame...Read more

Grand Coulee Dam
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April 3, 2012 • 55m

Featuring the men and women who lived and worked at Grand Coulee in the wake of the Great Depression and the Native people whose l...Read more

Jesse Owens
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May 1, 2012 • 55m

Despite Jesse Owens' remarkable victories in the face of Nazi racism at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the athlete struggled to find a ...Read more

Death and the Civil War
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September 18, 2012 • 55m

With the coming of the Civil War, and the staggering casualties it ushered in, death entered the experience of the American people...Read more