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The Awakening Land

The Saga of an American Woman.

  • 1978
  • Ended
  • Drama
  • ~1h 58m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.5/10

A lusty frontier saga about a pioneer woman and her love for her family, the man she marries, and the land on which she lives, dramatized from Conrad Richter's Pulitzer Prize-winning trilogy: 'The Trees;' 'The Fields;' and 'The Town.' The series originally aired on NBC in three installments from February 19 to February 21, 1978 and stars Elizabeth Montgomery and Hal Holbrook.

Latest: Miniseries · 1978

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Elizabeth Montgomery, Hal Holbrook and Jane Seymour star in a 1978 miniseries about an Ohio pioneer and her family. From the Conrad Richter trilogy.

  1. E1. The Trees

    Feb 19, 1978 · 93m

    In Part 1, the Wheeler family encounters Indians and the elder daughters attract would-be suitors.

  2. E2. The Fields

    Feb 20, 1978 · 97m

    As the Wheeler family grows larger, Sayward (Elizabeth Montgomery) and her husband (Hal Holbrook) grow apart.

  3. E3. The Town

    Feb 21, 1978 · 142m

    Adversities from cholera to wayward children ultimately yield to good fortune for Sayward and Portius in the conclusion of this 3-part miniseries.