Episode guide
American Experience: Season 24
8 episodes · first aired Jan 9, 2012
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- 1 Billy the Kid Jan 10, 2012 · 55m A fascinating look at the myth and the man behind it, who, in just a few short years transformed himself from a skinny orphan boy to the most feared man in the West and an enduring western…
- 2 Custer's Last Stand Jan 17, 2012 · 1h 30m A profile of Gen. George Armstrong Custer (1839-76), nicknamed "the boy general" for his Civil War exploits, who died with many other members of the 7th Cavalry while battling the Cheyenne…
- 3 Clinton: The Comeback Kid (1) Feb 20, 2012 · 55m Part 1 of a two-part profile of former president Bill Clinton charts his path from Hope, Ark., to Washington, D.C., ending midway through his first term when the GOP, led by Newt Gingrich…
- 4 Clinton: The Survivor (2) Feb 21, 2012 · 55m The conclusion of the Bill Clinton biography recalls the Monica Lewinsky scandal, which led to Clinton becoming the second U.S. president to be impeached. It also details his face-off over…
- 5 The Amish Feb 28, 2012 · 55m The first documentary to deeply penetrate and explore this profoundly attention-averse group, The Amish answers many questions Americans have about this insistently insular religious…
- 6 Grand Coulee Dam Apr 3, 2012 · 55m Featuring the men and women who lived and worked at Grand Coulee in the wake of the Great Depression and the Native people whose lives were changed alongside historians and engineers, this…
- 7 Jesse Owens May 1, 2012 · 55m Despite Jesse Owens' remarkable victories in the face of Nazi racism at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the athlete struggled to find a place for himself in a United States that was still…
- 8 Death and the Civil War Sep 18, 2012 · 55m With the coming of the Civil War, and the staggering casualties it ushered in, death entered the experience of the American people as it never had before -- permanently altering the…