Chateaubriand's Travels in America, presented here in its first modern translation, was a reflection of the attitudes of his epoch toward the New World. And at the same time, because of his enormous literary reputation, it has continued to be a major source of European impressions about America. The America portrayed by Chateaubriand was much more a product of his reading and his imagination than of his actual visit. (His supposed itinerary included a trip up the Hudson to Albany, a visit to Niagara Falls via the Mohawk Trail, a trip down the Mississippi to the Natchez country, and even a visit to the Carolinas and the southern tip of Florida). Though the Frenchman of the nineteenth century could have obtained a much truer picture of America in any number of realistic works, he still chose the poetic evocation of Chateaubriand because he shared the same temperament, the same prejudices, and the same particular view of the world.

Family feature about a young girl and her friendship with her pet pig. When Talia Rose (Lindsey Blanchard) and her family move to a new city she finds it hard to get used to her new surroundings both at school and at home. Her mum (Jennifer Taylor) and dad (Joey Lawrence) try their best to help Talia and her two sisters get used to their new home but Talia remains down about her lack of friends and the mean bullies at school. That all changes, however, when she finds a miniature pig (voice of Drake Bell) wandering around in her back garden and takes it in as her new pet. After naming it Arlo, Talia and her new pet become best friends and he helps her stand up to her school bullies but how will her family react when they find out they're sharing their new home with a pig?