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S01:É01 - S01:E01 - The Golden Junkman
When the sons of a widowed Greek immigrant return home from school, they discover that their father now runs an empire of junkyards.
S01:É06 - S01:E06 - The Stepmother
After the death of his spouse, Thomas Lincoln brings home a new wife. Young Abe resents his new stepmother, but she slowly wins him over.
S01:É08 - S01:E08 - Emperor Norton's Bridge
An old man who fancies himself Emperor of the United and Protector of Mexico becomes an object of ridicule in his home town of San Francisco.
S01:É11 - S01:E11 - Felix the Fourth
When a mailman in Cuba learns that his country has no entries in the 1904 Olympic Games, he vows to enter the Marathon and win.
S01:É16 - S01:E16 - Grandpa Changes the World
In Colonial America, publishers could be jailed for defamation even if they spoke the truth. This is the story of Andrew Hamilton and the Zenger case.
S01:É17 - S01:E17 - Again the Stars
In Paris during the French Revolution, a doctor assigned to an asylum is shocked at the conditions patients are forced to live in and seeks to reform.