Product Description

From New Orleans to Natchez, along the great Mississippi River, enormous fortunes were made from cotton and cane, and southern planters built majestic castles to celebrate their nobility, wealth, and power. America's Castles takes you on an exclusive tour of the great antebellum mansions of the Old South. Go inside John Hampden Randolph's 64-room Nottaway, set on a 7,000 acre sugar plantation, and visit the exquisite Rosalie, built by Peter Little for his 13-year-old bride. Meet the colorful Irish immigrant Frederick Stanton. He became one of the richest men in America and built the five-story Stanton Hall to prove it. And what tour of Natchez would be complete without a look at Dr. Haller Nutt's Longwood, the 100-foot tall octagonal wonder they call "Nutt's Folly"? It's a once-in-a-lifetime grand tour of the Old South's spectacular palaces.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46257 in DVD
• Brand: A&E
• Released on: 2006-12-19
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 50 minutes

Features

• A&E's AMERICA'S CASTLE series takes a tour of the American South in this program about the region's great plantations. Travel along the Mississippi River and visit the greatest sugar, cotton, and cane mansions in the area in this documentary rich in history, opulence, and grandeur. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES Rating: NR Age: 733961767407 UPC: 7

Customer Reviews

Great Southern History and Tradition
This video is quite accurate in it's portrail of Southern Plantations, and accurately reflects Southern-Plantation Living at it's height, in all it's glory.