American Writers: A Journey Through History

This article is about the 2001–02 C-SPAN series. For the 1824–25 publication, see American Writers.
American Writers: A Journey Through History
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes39
Production
Executive producerMark Farkas
Original release
NetworkC-SPAN
ReleaseMarch 19, 2001 (2001-03-19) –
July 7, 2002 (2002-07-07)
Related
American Presidents: Life Portraits
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American Writers: A Journey Through History is a series produced and broadcast by C-SPAN in 2001 and 2002 that profiled selected American writers and their times. Each program was a two- to three-hour look at the life and times of one or more significant American writer. Episodes were broadcast from locations of importance to the profiled writer(s) and featured interviews with historians and other experts. The series had an overall budget of $4,500,000.[1] The first program aired on March 19, 2001, and focused on William Bradford and the Mayflower Compact.[2]

  1. ^ "C-Span's literary road trip - 2008-11-02 00:00:00 | Broadcasting & Cable". Broadcastingcable.com. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  2. ^ "Writings of William Bradford – C-SPAN Video Library". C-spanvideo.org. 2001-03-19. Retrieved 2012-01-29.