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American Experience: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part IV

American Experience (2001)

Documentary | United States

Director: David Grubin, Stephen Ives

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SEASON: 13

EPISODE: 13 - Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part IV

SYNOPSIS

Tormented by her grief and losing grip on sanity, Mary Lincoln turns to spiritualists for comfort. Though bowed down with sorrow, her husband never loses sight of the tragedy consuming the nation and issues the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Voice: Callie Thorne, Jefferson Mays, Nancy Groce, Ron Bobb Semple, Peter Hermann, Jay Gregory, Ping Wu

Writer: David Grubin, Mark Zwonitzer

Narrator: Will Lyman, Philip Bosco

RUNTIME: 55 min

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