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(More customer reviews)I bought all of these individually. As he did with The Civil War and Baseball (as well as his earlier works which are now also in a box set, not to mention The West, New York and Jazz). Ken Burns continues to present his "American Stories" with pictures and narration that bring the past alive. 1 tiny nitpick note however. This is an 8 not a 7 disc set (for some reason the Jack Johnson story was released on 2 discs rather than a double sided disc like Mark Twain and Lewis and Clark which are of equal length to it). Other than that, you're getting a good deal on this and it will fit nicely along side the "America" box set (or your copies of those individually) and Ken's award winning "mini series" (plural). Get em all, and all other documentaries will just fade away. Ken Burns is the KING of the modern documentary film. Keep em coming, Ken, we'll keep buying em (on DVD) :-) Update 10/10/10: I have just noticed that newer copies of Lewis and Clark on 2 single sided discs rather than a flipper. So for some of you, this box set may be a 9 bagger (as Mark Twain is still a flipper). Update 1/30/11: I have now learned that Mark Twain has been reissued on 2 single sided discs as Lewis and Clark. Therefore, this is now a 7 title, 10 disc set. Thomas Jefferson, Frank Lloyd Wright, Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony and Horatio Nelson Jackson 1 disc each = 4. Lewis and Clark, Mark Twain and Jack Johnson 2 discs = 6, total 10 as in current description.
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Ken Burns American Lives (7 Disc Gift Set) - Ken Burns American Lives Collection is a compilation of seven outstanding biographies and stories of some of America's most celebrated pioneers and historical events. Programming in this series began with Thomas Jefferson in 1997 and concludes with Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson in 2005. The 7-disc Gift Set collection includes: - Thomas Jefferson (1997) - Lewis and Clark (1997) - Frank Lloyd Wright (1998) - Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (1999) - Mark Twain (2002) - Horatio's Drive (2003) - Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005)
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