The War Between Reality and Romance

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John steinbeck wrote about the sequoia in mysterious, almost alien terms. What if you see redwoods not as strange, but as close relatives? And what if you and your people have been exoticized, anized, by the dominant culture? Meet susan tweat burdick a uroc indian basket maker in humboldt county.

The second in a three-part series, journeying into the soul of America through the eyes of artists, while following in the footsteps of Nobel Prize-winning writer John Steinbeck who drove across the country in 1960 for his iconic book, Travels with Charley. In this episode, photographer Wayne Gudmundson in eastern North Dakota, and Yurok basket weaver Susan “Tweet” Burdick in Humboldt County, California. Produced by John Biewen.