Ken Burns: American Lives, Ep. 8 "Mark Twain: Part 2"

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Samuel Clemens rose from a hardscrabble boyhood in the backwoods of Missouri to become, as Mark Twain, America's best known and best loved author.
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  • Original air date: January 14, 2002
  • Network: PBS
 
  
 
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Episode 8, "Mark Twain: Part 2"
Synopsis: Samuel Clemens rose from a hardscrabble boyhood in the backwoods of Missouri to become, as Mark Twain, America's best known and best loved author.
Original air date: January 14, 2002
Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes
ASIN: B002P3OCT0
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,821 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Ken Burns: American Lives Season 1
Synopsis: Ken Burns' American Lives is a collection of outstanding biographies and stories of some of America's most celebrated pioneers and historical figures. The collection includes biographies of Thomas Jefferson, Frank Lloyd Wright, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Mark Twain, Horatio Nelson Jackson, Lewis and Clark, and boxer Jack Johnson.
Season year: 1997
Network: PBS
ASIN: B002P3EQ1Y
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