PEARL BUCK, AMERICA'S ONLY WOMAN TO WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE FRO LITERATURE, WAS ALSO A GREAT HUMANITARIAN, WELL KNOWN FOR HER PIONEERING WORK WITH MIXED-RACE ADOPTION AND THE MENTALLY RETARDED. THIS PROGRAM EVOKES HER CHINESE EXPERIENCES, WHICH CULMINATED IN THE WRITING OF "THE GOOD EARTH" AND ILLUSTRATES THE FASCINATING AND PURPOSEFUL LIFE THAT FOLLOWED.