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Season 1 – Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People

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Ten years in the making, this groundbreaking four-part series chronicles the history of one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world and the diverse people who have inhabited them. Narrator Sissy Spacek weaves colorful personal stories with scientific anecdotes about the region's complex ecosystem to detail the dynamic interaction -- both positive and negative -- of natural history with human history. Included are interviews with experts such as author Barbara Kingsolver and Pulitzer Prize-winning scientist E.O. Wilson, plus many other scientists, historians and artists intimate with this American treasure.
Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People — Season 1

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Sissy Spacek

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Episode 1 Aired Apr 9, 2009 Time and Terrain The Appalachians, Earth's oldest mountains, have human inhabitants in 12,000 B.C.; Cherokee, Shawnee and Iroquois cultures experience great upheaval with the first arrivals of Europeans. Details Episode 2 Aired Apr 16, 2009 New Green World The Revolutionary War; Andrew Jackson's forced relocation of the Cherokee people in 1831. Details Episode 3 Aired Apr 23, 2009 Mountain Revolutions In the 1870s, speculators sweep through the region, making deals, while consolidators evict people who cannot prove ownership of their land. Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 30, 2009 Power and Place Early 20th-century mineral barons rule the region; the dams of the Tennessee Valley Authority cause the inundation of ancestral homesteads. Details

Season Info

Network
PBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
History
Original Language
English
Release Date
Apr 9, 2009