Dear America (1999)
Synopsis
Based on the best-selling Scholastic books; Dear America features the rich and spirited stories of young women at various turning points in history.
First Air Date: 1999-03-14
Last Air Date: 2000-12-02
Number of Seasons: 2
Number of Episodes: 12
Created By: Deborah Forte
Networks: HBO
Top Cast
- Marc Donato as Thomas Logan
- Stephanie Mills as Catharine "Caty" Carey Logan / Snow Bird
- Grant Nickalls as Snow Hunter
- Alison Pill as Remember Patience "Mem" Whipple
- Andrew Airlie as John Whipple
- Brenda Bazinet as Grace Whipple
- Kennetch Charlette as Squanto
- Donald Burda as Captain Myles Standish
- Cody Jones as John Billington
- Alana Brascoupe as Noami
Seasons
Season 1 - Dear America (1999)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: A Picture of Freedom
In the pre-Civil War South, a young slave girl secretly learns how to read and write. She determines to help and teach other slaves.
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Ep. 2: Dreams in the Golden Country
A Russian Jewish immigrant girl lives with her family in a tenement on the Lower East Side. She strives to learn English and pursue her dream of acting.
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Ep. 3: A Journey to the New World
Mem, a 12-year-old Pilgrim, has just arrived in the New World. With the help of an American Indian, she endures her first year at Plymouth Colony.
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Ep. 4: Standing in the Light
A young Quaker girl captured by an Indian tribe falls in love with a handsome warrior and wonders if she will be able to return to her old life.
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Ep. 5: So Far From Home
Mary, a teenage immigrant from Ireland, finds that working in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts is not what she'd envisioned as new life in America.
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Ep. 6: The Winter of Red Snow
During the Revolutionary War, young Abby Stewart befriends Martha Washington and helps Revolutionary soldiers in Valley Forge, PA.
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Ep. 7: Color Me Dark
A young African-American girl moves north with her family to Chicago -- the land of opportunity -- hoping to escape the racism of the rural south.
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Ep. 8: A Line in the Sand
In this fictional account of Texan history, a young pioneer girl writes in her diary of the fight for freedom against the Mexicans.
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Ep. 9: When Will This Cruel War Be Over?
Living in the Confederate South during the Civil War, a young Confederate girl faces a dilemma when a Union soldier is injured at her doorstep.
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