"In 1903 there were only 150 miles of paved roads in the entire nation and most people had never seen a "horseless buggy" - but that did not stop Horatio Nelson Jackson, a thirty-one-year-old Vermont doctor, who impulsively bet fifty dollars that he could drive his 20-horsepower automobile from San Francisco to New York City. Here - in Jackson's own words and photographs - is a glorious account of that months-long, problem-beset, thrilling-to-the-rattled-bones...

Describes the Union disaster at Fredericksburg, Lee's victory at chancellorsville but with the loss of Stonewall Jackson, Grants Siege of Vicksburg.

Gives a biographical comparison of Grant and Lee. Chronicles the series of battles that pitted the two generals against each other from the Wilderness to Petersburg in Virginia.

The game of baseball continues to reflect the complicated country that created it. Players and owners wage a battle over money and power; Cal Ripken becomes the game's new Iron Man; sluggers Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds do things that have never been done before; the Yankees build a dynasty, while their arch rivals, the Red Sox, stage the greatest comeback in history. In September of 2001, baseball offers the hope that things will one...

Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development. Ep. 7. Dedicated to Chaos 1940-1945

Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development. Ep. 10. A Masterpiece by Midnight

Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development. Ep. 2. The gift 1917-1924 --