For some, gold brought tremendous wealth, for others, devastating financial ruin. But its ramifications went well beyond the economic sphere — it also changed the face and shape of America at breakneck speed.
An intimate portrait of Amish faith and life, and an examination of how a closed and communal culture has thrived within one of the most open societies on earth.
The abolitionist movement shaped history by exposing the fatal flaw of a republic founded on liberty for some and bondage for others, setting the nation on a collision course.
The remarkable story of the journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon into the heart of the South American rainforest to chart an unexplored tributary of the Amazon in 1914.
