I was very keen to listen to these shows as I am very interested in frontier history. But the five or six I have listened to so far, while well acted and good quality recordings, are nothing to do with history. For instance, the Donner Party episode manages to avoid all mention of cannibalism! The basic premise is that Native Americans were all evil or idle and the pioneers had every right to rob them of their homelands; that the ruthless exploitation of resources and unrestricted restructuring of the landscape is not only right, but utterly praiseworthy; and that anyone involved in settling the west was a hero. I didn't expect a modern attitude, but even when these shows were made, there were doubts being raised about how the Native Americans had been treated, and about the future consequences of damming and deforestation. But these shows just parade prejudices and misconceptions behind a facade of nobility and grandeur. Very sad, though perhaps an interesting historical document in themselves. History - or Propaganda? Lemming13 2009-07-18 13:03:47 2009-07-18 13:03:47 1 This radio series presents history - if you don't like it, don't listen! Ignore the P.C. police perlster 2009-07-20 23:06:25 2009-07-20 23:06:25 5 Absolutely.... The ever so wonderful days of yore. Yeah, right. Diseases - from contaminated foods ill stored - from putrified drinking water - Outhouses - shared bathwater... Medicines that were woefully inadequate Railroad tycoons that claimed a mile-wide right-of-way everywhere tracks were laid Child labour that was only a very small portion of unimaginable and imaginable abuses of anyone weaker Yeah, the good old days... Maybe the good old Fables. These are NICELY (if you get my drift - what drift? Current) done stories featuring the poetically licensed and santitized psuedo historical vingnetes of a time when there are no remaining witnesses to refute the fantasy. Man, talk about waxing poetic! Noah 8-? Re-writing History - Maybe? Noah 8-? 2009-07-21 10:38:29 2009-07-21 10:38:29 4 3 3.33