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May 11, 1994 · Mary Silliman's War: Directed by Stephen Surjik. With Nancy Palk, Richard Donat, Diane D'Aquila, Paul Boretski. Mary Silliman's War is a unique, award-winning film on the American Revolution.
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- Drama, History, War
- Stephen Surjik
- 1994-05-11
Mary Silliman (née Fish, formerly Noyes, later Dickinson; May 30, 1736 - July 2, 1818) was a matriarch in Revolutionary and post-colonial Connecticut and the subject of the 1993 film Mary Silliman's War.
Jun 21, 2013 · This 1994 film is based on the true story of Mary Silliman and her husband, General Gold Selleck Silliman of Fairfield, Connecticut as told in the biography, The Way of Duty, A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America by Joy Day Buel and Richard Buel.
Apr 1, 1995 · Mary Silliman’s War also provides a remarkably persuasive—and long overdue—representation of a civilian experience of the Revolutionary War. It focuses on one rural community of colonial Americans—in a world that was indeed immediate and local—rather than on the distant military events of the Continental Army or the political concerns ...
Mar 4, 1994 · STORYLINE: Shot on location in Nova Scotia, the film relates the true story of a remarkable woman, whose husband, a patriot leader, was kidnapped from their home by a band of Tories -- Americans loyal to the King of England.
May 11, 1994 · May 11, 1994 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. It took six years and many scholarly historical advisers to make “Mary Silliman’s War,” tonight’s fact-based saga on Lifetime about a Connecticut...
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The historical war drama follows multiple families seeking survival in 1860s America. In the backdrop of the Civil War (1861-1865), the allure of the Old West beckons families...
