Burns in the USA
Burns in the USA

Burns in the USA

January 25, 2017 | 59 min

Robert Burns was well aware of the revolution taking place across the Atlantic as he grew up. The poet was inspired. And America was to be inspired by him. From Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglass, and Walt Whitman to Bob Dylan, some of the most significant figures in American politics and culture have cited Burns as an influence.

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Documentary History

Cast

Naomi Scott

Denis Lawson

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