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"The voyage of Kon-Tiki just two decades ago was one of the great true adventures of our century. For its daring leader, Thor Heyderahl, this expedition was the turning point of a life already crowded with excitement. Now, overnight, he was an international celebrity-- but a man half-obscured by the shadow of his own achievement. Millions new his name, but few knew the man behind the voyage. In this definitive biography, Arnold Jacoby focuses...

In 1923, English archaeologist Dr. Howard Carterannounced his discovery of a sealed tomb in the Valley of the Kings toLord Carnarvon. In this Film Ideas video, explore Tutankhamun's reign,Dr. Carter's discovery of Tut's tomb 3,000 years later, and the curse associated with the tomb.

Contains over 2,000 biographical sketches organized by 25-year periods from 600 B.C. to 1975.

An American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist, Langston Hughes was first recognized as an important literary figure during the 1920s, a period known as the "Harlem Renaissance," a cultural movement made famous because of the number of emerging black writers, poets and scholars. Hughes, more than any other black poet or writer, recorded faithfully the nuances of black life and its frustrations and was one of the earliest innovators...

F. Scott Fitzgerald lived from 1896-1940. The writer achieved success and public recognition in the 1920s. In this Film Ideas video, explore Fitzgerald's early life, education, romantic life, novels, social life, and literarysuccess.

The Legend of Cataline is the story of one of the most colorful and romantic legends of British Columbia's gold rush era. This documentary makes use of archival pictures, dramatic re-creations, and interviews with specialists of the era to recreate the story of Jean Caux and a day in the life of a gold packer. Jean Caux ran a pack train in Hazelton and around the Skeena River for more than 50 years, making him the first and last packer in the area....

Abraham Lincoln worked his way up from humble beginnings to become the 16th president of the United States. He served in the White House in the midst of a national crisis. Though ill-prepared for the trauma of a civil war, he adapted himself to the circumstances to become an extraordinary leader. A flexible man of thought and a master of words, he is best known for signing the Emancipation Proclamation and writing the Gettysburg Address. For all his...