Constituting America – Holiday Gift Auction
Auction Ends: Nov 21, 2019 10:00 PM EST

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Illustrated Book 1776 by David McCullough and 1776 Original Cast DVD! Rare!

Item Number
165
Estimated Value
200 USD
Opening Bid
95 USD

Item Description

Superb Gift!  Restored Director's Cut DVD of the Tony Award winning Broadway Musical and Hardcover Illustrated version of 1776, David McCulloughs book!  The Illustrated Hardcover book is becoming very hard to find! Truly an incredible resource filled with maps; an amazing addition to any library and truly perfect for families, bookclubs and friends to watch, read and discuss.  The Illustrated version of 1776 is a treasure with its maps, illustrations and comments!  The DVD has become an American treasure to cherish.

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"America’s beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation’s birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects and that placed America’s survival in the hands of George Washington." 

This DVD  restored original recording is very beloved!  "The cast, a number of whom reprise their roles from the Broadway production, is nearly flawless. William Daniels IS John Adams, hard-headed, driven, passionate, "obnoxious and disliked". Howard da Silva is equally effective as Benjamin Franklin, elder statesman and earthy man-of-the-world, while the rest of the actors do very well by their characters. Of necessity, the film's emphasis is on Congress, and therefore on the male of the species; women are limited to two roles--Martha Jefferson, played by Blythe Danner, and Abigail Adams, played by Virginia Vestoff. Of Danner's role, there is little to say beyond the fact that the actress is a luminous screen presence. Vestoff, on the other hand, has a rather more substantial role as John Adams's wife, confidant, and sounding board. The film effectively portrays the correspondence between John and Abigail, a partnership that was, in many ways, remarkable in American history."