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A profile of a nation in terms of its living language. By sharing aloud the writings of the United States, past and present, a fuller appreciation of what it means to be American can be found. America's literary heritage is explored through readings of short stories, poems, folklore, journalism and legends. The series is narrated by Richard S. Burdick.

Available Episodes

Barracks, battlefields, & birthrights, part 100:30:00
Barracks, battlefields, & birthrights, part 100:30:00
Nuggets from the gold rush00:30:00
The wonderful world of sports00:30:00
The wonderful world of sports #1800:30:00
Barracks, battlefields, & birthrights, part 200:30:00
Nuggets from the gold rush00:30:00
Barracks, battlefields, & birthrights, part 200:30:00
Nuggets from the gold rush00:30:00
1961-03-03As others see us00:29:26
1961-03-03As others see us00:29:26
1961-03-03As others see us00:29:26
1961-02-24The fertile Twenties, part 200:29:48
1961-02-24The fertile Twenties, part 200:29:48
1961-02-24The fertile Twenties, part 200:29:48
1961-02-21The fertile Twenties, part 100:29:40
1961-02-21The fertile Twenties, part 100:29:40
1961-02-21The fertile Twenties, part 100:29:40
1961-02-09All about animals, part 200:29:37
1961-02-09All about animals, part 200:29:37
1961-02-09All about animals, part 200:29:37
1961-01-31All about animals, part 100:29:29
1961-01-31All about animals, part 100:29:29
1961-01-31All about animals, part 100:29:29
1961-01-30A New England notebook00:29:52
1961-01-30A New England notebook00:29:52
1961-01-30A New England notebook00:29:52
1961-01-09Barracks, battlefields, and birthrights, part two00:29:44
1961-01-09Barracks, battlefields, and birthrights, part one00:29:23
1960-12-02All about sports00:29:22
1960-12-01Sense and sensitivity00:29:47
1960-11-29Offbeat00:29:15
1960-11-29Offbeat00:29:15
1960-11-29Offbeat00:29:15
1960-11-22Of time and the seasons00:29:28
1960-11-17Sweet land of liberty00:29:42
1960-11-15Something beyond man00:29:21
1960-11-08George Washington: Man behind the statue00:29:24
1960-11-08Sampler of popular favorites00:29:02
1960-11-02Abraham Lincoln: A silhouette00:29:00
1960-10-27All about love00:29:09
1960-02-12The great American funnybone, part two00:29:37
1960-02-05The great American funnybone, part one00:29:19
1960-01-29The fine art of murder00:29:45
1960-01-22Salute to American press, part two00:29:35
1960-01-15Salute to American press, part one00:29:20
1960-01-08High iron00:29:23
1960-01-01The Congo00:29:48
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Subjects
1763 to 1815; 1850 to 1877; 1914 to 1945; African American History & Culture; African American authors; American Revolution, 1775-1783; American literature; American press; Animals; Baseball; California; Cities and towns; Civics; Domestic animals; Early U.S. History (to 1900); Ecology & the Environment; Economy & Business; European literature; Europeans; Fiction; Foreign Literature; Gold mines and mining; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; NAEB Region I; NAEB Region I: The Northeast; NAEB Region VI: The West; National characteristics, American; News & Journalism; Novels; Professional sports; Reading; Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948--Fiction; Sociology; Sports; Sports journalism; Travel & Leisure; Travel writing; U.S. History (1900-present); U.S. Literature; United States--History--18th century; United States--History--19th century; United States--History--20th century; War; War & Civil Defense; War stories, American; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Wit and humor; World Politics; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945; Writing
Creators
Adams, Bristow, 1875-1957; Adams, J. Donald (James Donald), 1891-1968; Arp, Bill, 1826-1903; Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945; Benét, Rosemary, 1900-1962; Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943; Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?; Bishop, Jim, 1907-1987; Blumenthal, Walter Hart, 1883-1969; Bost, William Thomas, 1878-1951; Boyd, Nancy; Burdick, Richard S.; Catton, Bruce, 1899-1978; Church, Francis Pharcellus, 1839-1906; Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900; Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962; Day, Clarence, 1874-1935; Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964; Dunne, Finley Peter, 1867-1936; Edmonds, Walter Dumaux, 1903-1998; Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965; Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882; Ferril, Thomas Hornsby, 1896-1988; Fishbein, Morris, 1889-1976; Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940; Frost, Robert, 1874-1963; Gallico, Paul, 1897-1976; Green, Ward; Hall, W.C.; Harte, Bret, 1836-1902; Hartwell, Dickson; Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864; Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961; Henry, Toni Jo, 1916-1942; Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894; Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791; Isaacs, Edward, 1881-1953; James, Edwin L.; Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962; Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938; Keeler, James; Klutz, Jerry; Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933; Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887; Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944; Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974; Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931; Lockridge, Ross, 1914-1948; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882; Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925; Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891; Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940; Marquis, Don, 1878-1937; Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950; Mellish, Joseph Charles, 1768-1823; Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913; Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957; Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971; Nevinson, Henry Woodd, 1856-1941; O'Neill, Edward J.; Page, William Tyler, 1868-1942; Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809; Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967; Pegler, J. Westbrook (James Westbrook), 1894-1969; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945; Ragan, Sam, 1915-1996; Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970; Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967; Sarnoff, David, 1891-1971; Schauffler, Robert Haven, 1879-1964; Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968; Streeter, Edward, 1891-1976; Thompson, Maurice, 1844-1901; Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862; Thurber, James, 1894-1961; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910; Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972; Vest, George Graham, 1830-1904; WHYY (Radio station : Philadelphia, Pa.); Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915; Washington, George, 1732-1799; White, William Allen, 1868-1944; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Williams, J. H. (James Howard), 1897-1958; Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938
Contributors
Harte, Bret, 1836-1902; Keeler, James; Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913; National Educational Television and Radio Center; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Genres
Educational; History; Reading
Time Periods
1950-1959; 1960-1969