American Dynasty

We really love this series. The show seems to be produced by the same group responsible for The Titans That Built America from the History Channel Network.

Each episode uses reenactments and commentary from authors, relatives, and historians, to tell the how a famous family earned their wealth and power through business dealings. The stories are not in depth because of the time allotted but they do touch on the important highlights. The production quality is pretty good with Campbell Scott doing an excellent job at narration.

We really hope this series continues with further episodes on early influential families.

I definitely found these compelling stories of clever people building massive familial fortunes by exploiting countless people well written and tastefully executed, but cannot forgive them for overlooking one who was truly greater and more interesting than any shown, Andrew Carnegie. Very disappointing.