Silent film star Colleen Moore plays Hester Prynne, who is condemned by the people of her 17th century village to wear a scarlet letter "A" as lifetime punishment for bearing a child out of wedlock. The story stays remarkably true to the original novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

After being forced to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Roger Williams travels south and, with the help of the Narragansett Indians, founds Providence, Rhode Island

This series covers America's history from the age of Pre-Columbian Native Americans, through European discovery, colonization, independence, the forging of a young nation, and the settling of the American frontier. Students will look at the history of the United States from a new perspective, as they explore the events that have shaped modern American society. Professor Linwood Thompson is the visual aid for these lectures--they are delivered in period...