Hal Holbrook
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In Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain, the beloved stage, film, and television actor Hal Holbrook presents an affecting memoir about his struggle to discover his true self, even as he learned to transform himself onstage.
Abandoned by his mother and father when he was two, Holbrook and his two sisters commenced separate journeys of survival. Raised by his powerful grandfather, who died when Holbrook was twelve, he spent his childhood at boarding...
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The story of the Mormon Trail unfolds in this breathtakingly documentary from award-winning producer Lee Groberg. This conduit to the West was used by more than 70,000 emigrants--most of them migrating for religious reasons--on their journey to the Great Basin. The great majority of these pioneers made the trek on foot across windblown plains, sun baked deserts, and frozen mountain valleys, each step a triumph in the face of tragedy, and a testament...