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The Men Who Built America(2012)
81%
189 Votes
Overview
Influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen. The Men Who Built America is the story of a nation at the crossroads and of the people who catapulted it to prosperity.
Type: Miniseries
Status: Ended
Languages: English
Countries:
United States of America
Networks:
Production Companies:
Top 10 Billed Cast
AJ Achinger
Andrew Carnegie (The Younger)
Alex Falberg
Nikola Tesla
Einar Gunn
George Westinghouse
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