Special Features
- Bonus Video: Original Interview: Angelene Forester
- Timeline: Treatments for Mental Illness
- General Article: Online Forum
- Preview: The Lobotomist Preview
- Interview: Behind the Scenes with the Producers
- Further Reading: Related Books and Websites
In the 1940s Dr. Walter Freeman gained fame for perfecting the lobotomy, then hailed as a miracle cure for the severely mentally ill. But within a few years, lobotomy was labeled one of the most barbaric mistakes of modern medicine.
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From the Times to the Tomes: History Evolving
In Phillip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel American Pastoral he remarks of history, “People think of history in the long term, but history, in fact, is a very sudden thing.”
Coney Island
The internationally famous carnival of delights in New York was the birthplace of the hot dog and the roller coaster.
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Edison's Miracle of Light
"The Wizard of Menlo Park," Inventor Thomas Edison, built the first practical light bulb and revolutionized the world.
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Wildcatter - A Story of Texas Oil
The tale of oil-seeking mavericks whose risk-taking, sweat and dreams changed an American industry.
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Panama Canal
The most daring and innovative accomplishment at the turn of the 20th century.
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The Boy in the Bubble
The unusual life of David Vetter, who lived permanently inside a germ-free environment due to severe combined immunodeficiency.
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Building the Alaska Highway
The Alaskan Highway stands today as one of the boldest homeland security initiatives ever undertaken.
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The Wright Stuff
Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright built a flying machine that made its first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903.
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Radio Bikini
While the U.N. debated strategies for control of atomic energy, the U.S. Navy was preparing for nuclear tests on Bikini Island.
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