Dustin Hoffman stars as Jack Crab, a man claiming to be the lone white survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. His life story runs him through the gamut [ … ]
A018b: The Searchers (1956)
Set in Texas from ~1868-1873, The Searchers follows two men on a quest to rescue a little girl from the Comanches who kidnapped her.
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I recently got back from a two-week trip to Alaska. When I mentioned to people ahead of time that it would complete my checklist of visiting all 50 US states, [ … ]
A018: Lincoln (2012)
Another stellar performance by Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in this film about the President’s quest to pass the 13th Amendment.
A017: Dances with Wolves (1990)
This is a fictional story, but still gives us an opportunity to discuss Native Americans during the Civil War. We also wrap up the fighting of the Civil War itself [ … ]