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59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC History Channel
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How the landscapes of America's three great mountain ranges - the Appalachians, the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada - challenged the westward push of the early pioneers. Show more
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC History Channel
Available for 7 months
Ray Mears finds out how 500,000 square miles of flat, treeless grassland was the setting for Wild West stories of Indians, wagon trains, homesteaders and cattle drives. Show more
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Available for 7 months
Ray Mears looks at how the landscapes of America's five great deserts, from the Great Basin desert to Arizona's Sonoran desert, challenged the westward push of the pioneers. Show more
