在美国南方的无数城镇里,都有他那英俊的马术雕像,他在美国历史上最血腥的四年中与之斗争的**还发行了两枚邮票,以此来纪念他。在他去世近一个半世纪后,美国南北战争中南方联盟的的总司令罗伯特·爱德华·李(Robert E. Lee)仍然是一个令人着迷的人物,对一些人来说,也是一个令人尊敬的人物。这部长达两小时的影片审视了这位南方联盟杰出将军的生平和声誉,他的军事成就使他在内战期间成为联邦军的祸害和南方联盟的英雄,他死后被他的崇拜者提升到几乎是神一样的地位。
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From PBS and American Experience - In the summer of 1868, paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh boarded a Union Pacific train for a sightseeing excursion through the heart of the newly opened American West. While most passengers simply saw magnificent landscapes, Marsh soon realized he was traveling through the greatest dinosaur burial ground of all time.
The true story of outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, whose turn of the last century exploits made headlines, led them to be pursued by Pinkerton detectives hired by the railroads, and inspired the hit 1969 film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford.