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  This eight part, twelve and a half hour series, (directed by Stephen Ives) traces the history of the American West from its tribal origins and first Spanish explorers to the early 20th century discovery of oil and the ironic mythologizing of its appeal in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. In dozens of stories told from every perspective, the series evokes the tragic, beautiful and uplifting intersection where the best of us met the worst of us and nothing in America was left unchanged or unaffected.  
   
   
 

 

Honors

 
- Erik Barnouw Prize
- National PBS Broadcast, September 15-19 and 22--24, 1996