Meet some of the world's most-colorful characters in this collection. From Roman times to the Spanish Main, these individuals were famous in their own lifetimes and later, when their stories became the "stuff of legends."
Unafraid of Grendel, the warrior Beowulf helps the Danes by killing the monster.
Witnesses describe the shootout that left Wyatt Earp the only armed person who remained unscathed.
There are few sources referencing Boone's trial, but some are available.
Daniel Boone is a defendant in a court martial. The criminal charges against him assert that is a traitor.
The Atlantic Forest is a forest area which once covered a great part of Brazil, but most of it is now cut-down.
Sir Walter Raleigh's ship is the flagship of the British fleet, which is smaller than the 130 ships in the Spanish Armada.
Ambrosius Aurelianus, a Roman, leads the Britons in battles against theAnglo-Saxons in the 5th century.
Capone is convicted on federal charges of tax evasion in 1931 and sentenced to federal prison; he is released on parole in 1939.
As America's frontier moved farther and farther west, the definition of "west" changed. At the end of the Civil War, "west" included Texas, Arkansas, ...
Charles Frohman is Barrie's famous American producer who makes sure Peter Pan comes to the stage, he dies on the Lusitania.
Meet Chicago's early crime bosses including Big Jim Colosimo, Johnny Torrio, and Al Capone.
Chuck wagons and barbed wire are like the bookends of America's cattle-drive era. The wagon was at the beginning while barbed wire was at the end.
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