Geoffrey C. Ward is the author Before the Trumpet: The Young
Franklin Roosevelt and A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of
Franklin Roosevelt, which won the National Book Critics Circle
Award for biography. A former editor of American Heritage, Ward has
also written a number of documentary films for public television,
including The Civil War, Huey Long, The West, and Thomas Hart
Benton (all with Florentine Films). He is a frequent contributor to
Audubon, MHQ, Smithsonian, and other magazines.
Ken Burns, founder of Florentine Films, is one of the most
celebrated documentary filmmakers working today. He has
produced and directed a number of award-winning films, including
Huey Long, Brooklyn Bridge, The Statue of Liberty, The Shakers, The
Congress, and Thomas Hart Benton. He was a producer, director,
cinematographer, and co-writer of the PBS series The Civil War.
Ric Burns is a producer and writer of The Civil War and was
educated at Columbia and Cambridge universities. He is
currently producing and directing a documentary history of Coney
Island.
"An absorbing experience ... A fine work of
scholarship." —Boston Globe
"Succeeds in evoking both the grandeur of the war and its basic
humanity." —Chicago Tribune
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