i was 13 when this mini series (and its sequel north and south and book ii) first aired. i had already been captivated by the personal interest stories in or around our american civil war and which is what interested me in watching this made for tv program. i loved it. and now i am 29 years old and i only love it more. it is full of history and beautiful costuming and real life characters woven in and out of the lives of fictional characters and all of whom you come to care deeply about. there is intrigue and love and loyalty and betrayal and family and extended family and lust and battles and victory and defeat and reconstruction. even though i had the full set of episodes on tapes i recorded back when it originally aired and i purchased the full set of both n and s and n and s ii from columbia house some years ago when they became available. once every few years i will take a whole weekend and watch all the installments back to back  and am sad when the last episode rolls to an end and because i find myself wanting to continue watching the story of the lives of these characters. i cannot recommend this mini series more highly. 
i was 13 when this mini series (and its sequel north and south and book ii) first aired. i had already been captivated by the personal interest stories in or around our american civil war and which is what interested me in watching this made for tv program. i loved it. and now i am 29 years old and i only love it more. it is full of history and beautiful costuming and real life characters woven in and out of the lives of fictional characters and all of whom you come to care deeply about. there is intrigue and love and loyalty and betrayal and family and extended family and lust and battles and victory and defeat and reconstruction. even though i had the full set of episodes on tapes i recorded back when it originally aired and i purchased the full set of both n and s and n and s ii from columbia house some years ago when they became available. once every few years i will take a whole weekend and watch all the installments back to back  and am sad when the last episode rolls to an end and because i find myself wanting to continue watching the story of the lives of these characters. i cannot recommend this mini series more highly. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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