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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 32
Language
English
Description
Uncle Tom, Topsy, Sambo, Simon Legree, little Eva: their names are American bywords, and all of them are characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe's remarkable novel of the pre-Civil War South. Uncle Tom's Cabin was revolutionary in 1852 for its passionate indictment of slavery and for its presentation of Tom, "a man of humanity," as the first black hero in American fiction. Labeled racist and condescending by some contemporary critics, it remains a shocking,...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Complete UK broadcast ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (276 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1920s, two decades after the first series ends, the plot follows the courtship of two teenage Forsyte cousins: Fleur and Jon. Fleur, the daughter of Soames and Annette, and Jon, the son of Irene and Jolyon, meet by chance as youngsters; now Irene's son has fallen in love with the daughter of Soames, the man she despises above all others. Fleur and Jon haven't a clue that Soames and Irene were once married, all they know is that the family...
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Full screen ; DVD.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (549 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mork, an alien from the planet Ork, was sent off to study Earthlings, landing in an eggshell near Boulder, Colorado. He was soon befriended by pretty Mindy McConnell, a music store clerk, who helped him adjust to Earth's "strange" ways. In this season, Mork's adventures include protecting Grandma Cora from muggers, racing a championship roller skater, coming face to face with the real Robin Williams and helping Mindy become an Orkan.
Publisher
Liberation Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
8 videodiscs (ca. 1440 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Frontier hero Daniel Boone conducts surveys and expeditions around Boonesborough, running into both friendly and hostile Indians, just before and during the Revolutionary War.
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