The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen
TV-14
7.9
2018
Documentary
A look at the lives of iconic pioneers such as Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Tecumseh, Davy Crocket and Andrew Jackson as they traveled across America.
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- Cast：
- Gareth Reeves , Campbell Scott
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EP1 - Into the Wilderness
March. 07,2018
The Revolution begins, and the outbreak of war spreads beyond the colonies into the remote frontier; Daniel Boone's life-or-death struggle for the future of his settlement becomes a fight for the future of America.
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EP2 - Never Surrender
March. 14,2018
Shawnee warrior Tecumseh unites the Native American tribes to resist expansion; after Thomas Jefferson orchestrates the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark make their legendary expedition to the Pacific; and a new war for America begins.
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