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The First Cross Country Road Trip

By John Walters on Monday, September 29, 2003.

Over a 20 plus year career, Walpole resident Ken Burns? films have become a mainstay of public television and he?s credited with sparking new interest in American history. Ken and his team have tackled huge topics like the Civil War, baseball, jazz, and the Lewis and Clark expedition among other things. His next documentary is Horatio?s Drive. It?s about the first person to drive a car across the country. Horatio?s Drive premieres a week from today on PBS.
Ken?s production company:Florentine Films
This interview originally aired in May of this year.

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