
The Way West
Chronicles the way the West was lost and won between 1845 and 1893. It looks at the final decades of the American frontier from the time of the Gold Rush until after the last gasp of the Indian wars at Wounded Knee.
Director Ric BurnsGenres Documentary
Cast

F. Murray Abraham
cast

Stephen E. Ambrose
Self
Russell Baker
Narrator
Charlotte Black Elk
Self

Philip Bosco
Voice
Dee Brown
Self

J.D. Cannon
Voice
John Carter
Self

Sam Elliott
Voice
Ian Frazier
Self

Rodney A. Grant
Voice

Graham Greene
Voice
Michael Her Many Horses
Self

Holly Hunter
Narrator

Gene Jones
Voice
Alvin M. Josephy
Self

Amy Madigan
cast

E.G. Marshall
Voice

David McCullough
Self
Thomas McGuane
Self


