Eyeball Witness

Series: Glory Trail Series

Duration: 30

Year Published: 1964

Creator: WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Discusses the reporters and writers who were most responsible for giving the West its reputation--inaccurate as it may have been. Depicts journalism in its inventive heyday, when the reporter with the sharp pencil and ready mind flourished in a land where manners and morals were loose and easy. Concentrates primarily on Horace Greeley, Sam Clemens, and Bret Harte. Acknowledges the heritage left by Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Theodore Roosevelt, who helped to create one of the richest literary legacies in America today.

Complete Record: Discusses the reporters and writers who were most responsible for giving the West its reputation--inaccurate as it may have been. Depicts journalism in its inventive heyday, when the reporter with the sharp pencil and ready mind flourished in a land where manners and morals were loose and easy. Concentrates primarily on Horace Greeley, Sam Clemens, and Bret Harte. Acknowledges the heritage left by Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Theodore Roosevelt, who helped to create one of the richest literary legacies in America today., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.