The Civil War Commemorative Boxed Set (Book+6 DVD+Soundtrack)

Hailed as a film masterpiece and landmark in historical storytelling, Ken Burn's epic documentary brings to life America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. With digitally enhanced images and 5.1 surround sound, here is the sage of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one. Commemorative Edition includes Bonus Disc Special Features - From the Archive: Shelby Foote Interviews - Interview with Ken Burns - Additional interviews: George Will, Stanley Crouch, Shelby Foote, and Jay Unger & Molly Mason Other Special Features - Commentary by Ken Burns - Biography Cards - Battlefield Maps - Civil War Challenges - 16-page collector's booklet featuring a selection of photos and battle details. This DVD features subtitles in English (SDH) Color : Yes Stereo : Yes Production Year : 2011 Length : 660 minutes on 6 Discs Subtitles : Yes Country Of Origin : United States The companion volume to the PBS series is an extraordinary collection of photos, engravings and paintings, many published for the first time, conveying military and political events of the Civil War, accompanied by a pungent text that avoids sentimentality in depicting "the most horrible, necessary, intimate, acrimonious, mean-spirited, and heroic" war in our history. Typical illustrations include a photo of a pile of amputated feet, four pages of clinical portraits of maimed soldiers, photos of nurses at work in hospitals and rare studio portraits of slaves among some 500 illustrations which, in combination with the text, present a memorable record of the War Between the States. The book, assembled by Ward, author of A First Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt , and historians Ken and Ric Burns, also includes original essays by distinguished historians James M. McPherson and C. Vann Woodward among others, and an edifying interview with historian Shelby Foote.