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Eugene O'Neill: Playwright and Nobel laureate
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Eugene O'Neill: Playwright and Nobel laureate
Pulitzer prize winner & Nobel laureate, Eugene O’Neill revolutionized the American stage.
P.T. Barnum: The Showman
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P.T. Barnum: The Showman
Phineas Taylor Barnum, properly known as P.T. Barnum, was a showman.
The Circus, Part 1: Chapter 1
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The Circus, Part 1: Chapter 1
Watch Chapter 1 of The Circus.
Jumbo: The Elephant
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Jumbo: The Elephant
The sale of Jumbo, the African elephant to P.T. Barnum causes an uproar in England.
The Ringling Brothers
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The Ringling Brothers
The Ringling Brothers expanded from a tiny regional circus to this large traveling circus.
Genetic Screening: Controlling Heredity
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Genetic Screening: Controlling Heredity
The ability to prevent suffering through genetic screenings sparks difficult questions.
The Lab at Tower House
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The Lab at Tower House
In the 1930s, nearly every leading scientist in America visited a private laboratory.
The Gilded Age: Chapter 1
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The Gilded Age: Chapter 1
Watch Chapter 1 of The Gilded Age.
First White Settlers in Hawai’i
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First White Settlers in Hawai’i
The first white Americans to settle in the Islands arrived in the 1820s.
The Island Murder: Chapter 1
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The Island Murder: Chapter 1
The Island Murder: Chapter 1
Lowering the Hawaiian Flag
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Lowering the Hawaiian Flag
The Hawaiian people had done everything in their power not to be annexed by the U.S.
The "Scopes Monkey Trial"
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The "Scopes Monkey Trial"
In 1925, the “Scopes Monkey Trial” pit traditional Christian beliefs against evolution.
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