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Tag Archives: AMC
1862-2012
This past week I had the opportunity to talk with Jerry Johnston (NET Radio) about the historic significance of the year 1862, now 150 years later. We talked about the Pacific Railroad Act, the Homestead Act, and the Morrill Land … Continue reading
AMC’s Hell on Wheels: a brief review
AMC’s premier of Hell on Wheels aired last night, and it included beautiful scenes of the Union Pacific railroad building and the Nebraska Territory. The close-up view of the steam locomotive–the behemoth–and its cowcatcher, the explosions blasting the cut through … Continue reading
Posted in American Revolution, railroads, Reconstruction, slavery
Tagged AMC, Anson Mount, Aquia Creek Riot, Bohannon, Hell on Wheels, Union Pacific Railroad
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Waiting for Hell on Wheels: AMC’s new drama on 1865 and the building of the transcontinental
I have to admit that I have been eagerly anticipating Sunday night’s premier of AMC’s “Hell on Wheels.” What could be better than the unheralded Anson Mount, one of the best Southern actors of our day, playing an ex-Confederate guerrilla … Continue reading