Ken Burns Documentaries & Audio Books

The companion volume to the 12-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War.

Ken Burns spoke at a National Press Club luncheon about his documentary series, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, in which he chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

In 1903 there were only 150 miles of paved roads in the entire nation and most people had never seen a "horseless buggy"...

The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Civil War--based on the celebrated PBS television series.

The Vietnam War is a ten-part, 18-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick chronicling the history of the Vietnam War and encompassing a scope of viewpoints, experiences, and stories from U.S. Veterans to Vietnamese civilians.

Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan their six-part PBS documentary series The National Parks: America's Best Idea. Set against breathtaking backdrops, the film is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical -- that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone.

Here are the stories of the extraordinary men and women who made the music: Louis Armstrong, the fatherless waif whose unrivaled genius...

The Civil War defined us as what we are, and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things.

The fascinating life of storyteller and humorist Mark Twain is revealed in this one-man performance...

The companion volume to the forthcoming PBS series "The War" chronicles the story of World War II captured in the hearts and minds, words and deeds of those who made history at its most essential level: on the battlefields and on the homefront.