America's First River: Bill Moyers on the Hudson; Stories from the Hudson

Lange, Monica · April 23, 2002

Bill Moyers tells the story of the mighty Hudson River, whose 315-mile course travels from its source in the Adirondack Mountains to its outlet at New York harbor — and runs through so much of the nation’s history, literature and art. Moyers examines both the beauty that attracted the Hudson River school painters and the potential that lured America’s early industrialists. Award(s) won: EMMY Nomination-Outstanding Individual Craft-Writing The Hudson is "America's first river" — where American history and culture took shape. On fishing boat and tug, sloop and barge, Bill Moyers journeys through the treasures of the Hudson and takes stock of the river's environmental challenges.