The Adams chronicles
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Adams family. -- Drama.
Adams, Charles Francis, -- 1807-1886. -- Drama.
Adams, Charles Francis, -- 1835-1915. -- Drama.
Adams, Henry, -- 1838-1918. -- Drama.
Adams, John Quincy, -- 1767-1848. -- Drama.
Adams, John, -- 1735-1826. -- Drama.
Biographical television programs.
Historical television programs.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Drama.
Television mini-series.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
United States -- History -- Drama.
Other Subjects
Biographical -- Television mini-series.
Biographical television programs.
Family -- Television mini-series.
Historical -- Television mini-series.
Historical drama.
Television movies.

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Published
Silver Spring, MD : Distributed by Acorn Media, [2008].
Format
DVD
Edition
Full screen
Language
English
UPC
054961806393, 00054961806393

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Based on the family's personal diaries and correspondences.
General Note
Originally broadcast on television in 1976.
General Note
Contains all 13 episodes of the television mini-series.
General Note
Special features: A 12-page program guide featuring articles by C. James Taylor, editor in chief of the Adams Papers, and Neil Horstman, president of the White House Historical Association.
Creation/Production Credits
Original music, John Morris.
Participants/Performers
George Grizzard, Kathryn Walker, William Daniels, David Birney, John Beal, Peter Brandon, Charles Siebert, Nancy Marchand.
Description
A 13-episode television mini-series that dramatizes four generations of Adamses and 150 years of American history from the birth of the Revolution through the Gilded Age. Meet John Adams, a passionate revolutionary and second president; John Quincy Adams, proud son of a famous father and sixth president; Charles Francis Adams, skillful minister to Great Britain during the Civil War; historian Henry Adams; and railroad magnate Charles Francis Adams, Jr. Going beyond politics, this mini-series portrays these men as husbands, fathers, brothers, sons, as well as leaders.
System Details
DVD, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language
Closed-captioned.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kassel, V., Grizzard, G., Walker, K., Daniels, W., Birney, D., Beal, J., Brandon, P., Siebert, C., Marchand, N., Venza, J., Bogart, P., Costello, R., Yellen, S., Lampell, M., Jones, J. C., Bailey, A. H., Jacker, C., Reisman, P. H., Hall, S., Davis, B., Page, A., Coe, F., Hunter, I., Mosel, T., & Hirson, R. O. (2008). The Adams chronicles (Full screen). Distributed by Acorn Media.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Virginia. Kassel et al.. 2008. The Adams Chronicles. Distributed by Acorn Media.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Virginia. Kassel et al.. The Adams Chronicles Distributed by Acorn Media, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kassel, Virginia., et al. The Adams Chronicles Full screen, Distributed by Acorn Media, 2008.

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