Born in Neosho, Missouri, Benton was the product of ... of his famous uncle -- the champion of Manifest Destiny, Senator Thomas Hart Benton -- upon his son. But according to Benton's sister ...

And as uncompromising as the Midwestern landscapes and laborers they celebrated. Thomas Hart Benton depicted a self-reliant America emerging from the Depression. Ken Burns tells the bittersweet ...

Fifty years after Thomas Hart Benton ... foray into Benton trying to animate football. Not that he disdained the game. The 5-foot-3 Benton, born in Neosho, Missouri, said over the years that ...