Partly inspired by a decade-old U.K. effort, “America: The Story of Us” is an odd construct. On the one hand, there’s a 12-hour history of the United States, which relies heavily on dramatic ...

The story of America’s discovery is often simplified to Christopher Columbus sailing the ocean blue in 1492. However, the true history is far more intricate, layered with forgotten explorers ...

THE first clue that “America: The Story of Us” isn’t your typical PBS-style documentary comes five minutes in. After actors re-create the early travails of the settlers at Jamestown and ...

America the Story of Us — TV Review A series like this, which purports to show the sweep of U.S. history from the days of the first European settlers, would have been so much easier to make a ...

The conflicts of the late 1960s and 1970s remind America of the divisions that opened up before the Civil War, but the boom of the 1980s heralds better times, with a confidence that mirrors the 1920s.

Two years ago, HBO took 8 1/2 hours to chronicle the life of John Adams; starting Sunday, History will take us from the colonizing of Jamestown through the millennium in just 12. “ America: The ...

The History channel’s 'America: The Story of Us' premiers its six-part series this Sunday.

According to Linda Holmes, a funny thing happened during America: The Story Of Us. Apparently, some of us didn't quite make it into the story.