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Ken Burns Celebrates Patriot Benjamin Franklin on PBS
Writer, printer, newspaper publisher, humorist, pundit, educator, scientist, inventor, postmaster, politician, diplomat, abolitionist, patriot. The list of Benjamin Franklin’s accomplishments and aphorisms is long, storied and impossible to condense effectively in one short film, book or review. But Award-winning filmmaker … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, Journalism, Newspapers, Publishing, Science, TV
Tagged American Revolutionary War, Authors, Benjamin Franklin, Dayton Duncan, Electricity, Ken Burns, Mandy Patinkin, PBS, Poor Richard's Almanack, Science and Technology, The Declaration of Independence, The Pennsylvania Gazette, The United States Constitution, U.S. History, War of Independence
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My Garden of a Thousand Bees Makes Buzzworthy Debut on PBS Nature
“The hum of bees is the voice of the garden.”–renowned landscape architect Elizabeth Lawrence. As a kid, family gardens were my playground. What happy memories my cousins, friends and I forged among those beautiful flowers and that tasty vegetation. But … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Science, TV
Tagged Bees, Conservation, David Allen, Fred Kaufman, Insects, Martin Dohrn, My Garden of a Thousand Bees, NATURE, Nature and Wildlife, PBS
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