A fictionalized family drama about the O’Leary family whose cow is credited with starting the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
A019: Little Big Man (1970)
Dustin Hoffman stars as Jack Crab, a man claiming to be the lone white survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. His life story runs him through the gamut [ … ]
A018b: The Searchers (1956)
Set in Texas from ~1868-1873, The Searchers follows two men on a quest to rescue a little girl from the Comanches who kidnapped her.
Fifty Nifty
I recently got back from a two-week trip to Alaska. When I mentioned to people ahead of time that it would complete my checklist of visiting all 50 US states, [ … ]
A018: Lincoln (2012)
Another stellar performance by Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in this film about the President’s quest to pass the 13th Amendment.