The Awakening Land
“The Saga of an American Woman.”
A lusty frontier saga about a pioneer woman and her love for her family, the man she marries, and the land on which she lives, dramatized from Conrad Richter's Pulitzer Prize-winning trilogy: 'The Trees;' 'The Fields;' and 'The Town.' The series originally aired on NBC in three installments from February 19 to February 21, 1978 and stars Elizabeth Montgomery and Hal Holbrook.
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Elizabeth Montgomery, Hal Holbrook and Jane Seymour star in a 1978 miniseries about an Ohio pioneer and her family. From the Conrad Richter trilogy.
1.The Trees
19-02-197893mIn Part 1, the Wheeler family encounters Indians and the elder daughters attract would-be suitors.
2.The Fields
20-02-197897mAs the Wheeler family grows larger, Sayward (Elizabeth Montgomery) and her husband (Hal Holbrook) grow apart.
3.The Town
21-02-1978142mAdversities from cholera to wayward children ultimately yield to good fortune for Sayward and Portius in the conclusion of this 3-part miniseries.
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