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Introduction
1: A Small Town in Moravia
2: A Vision of the Future
3: Spillville
4: Dvorak Finds Inspiration
5: St. Wenceslaus Church
6: School Days
7: A Call to St. Louis
8: Life in Little Turkey
9: The Hand of God
10: 1904 World's Fair
11: Assassination in Sarajevo
12: The Road to Pittsburgh
13: Post-War Events
14: Stanley
15: Czechoslovakia
Credits
Voices
Ken Burns
Research
Meaning of Family Photos
Multimedia Storytelling
Forum
Charles Williams
Chapter 3 provides a history of the town of Spillville, Iowa. The town was founded by a German immigrant, Joseph Spielman. Most of the Dostal family had settled in Spillville by 1902. Today, it remains a predominately Czech-American community.