Contributor
Goodman, Barak.
Edition Statement:Widescreen version
Imprint:[Arlington, VA?] : PBS Home Video, c2009.
Description1 videodisc (090 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:Originally produced as an episode of the PBS television program American Experience (WBGH Boston) in 2009.
Note:Special feature: Teacher's guide (PDF file)
Note:" On March 4th, 1865, at the United States Capitol, a crowd of fifty thousand listened as President Lincoln delivered his classic second inaugural address, urging charity and forgiveness to a nation in the final throes of war. Just two months later , a train, nine cars long and draped in black bunting, pulled slowly out of a station in Washington, D.C. Dignitaries and government officials crowded the first eight cars. In the nineth rode the body of Abraham Lincoln. As the funeral train made its way across nine states and through hundreds of cities and towns, the largest manhunt in history was closing in on Lincoln's assassin, the famous actor John Wilkes Booth. This American experience film recounts a great American drama: two tumultuous months when the joy of peace was shattered by the heartache of Lincolns death. At the heart of the story are two figures who define the extremes of character: Lincoln, who had the strength to transform suffering into infinite compassion , and Booth, who allowed hatred to curdle into distruction" Container
Note : PerformerNarrator, Chris Cooper ; voice of John Wilkes Booth, Will Patton.
System Details NotesDigital video disc.
Location Note : REQUEST AT THE CHECK-OUT DESK.
