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."
Ammianus Marcellinus wrote an important history about the late Roman Empire. From a noble Greek family, Ammianus was born in Antioch (now known as Ant...
Bookcover image of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, by Anne Savage.
Antony and Cleopatra by William Haines Lytle (1826–1863)I am dying, Egypt, dying. Ebbs the crimson life-tide fast, An...
The governor of Missouri, Thomas Crittenden, was upset that Frank and Jesse James eluded capture.
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Bass Reeves was one of 200 Deputy U.S. Marshals appointed to help Judge
This document tells us what happened during the San Jacinto battle from General Santa Anna's point of view. Click on the image for a readable version...
One week after her husband's death, Jackie Kennedy told reporter Theodore White that the Kennedy era was like "Camelot." It was her way of making sure...
The "Roaring Twenties" was a decade of the 20th century - the 1920s - which followed the end of World War One. It was marked by opposing activit...
David Hackett Fischer wrote an acclaimed work called Paul Revere's Ride. This image, of its back cover, contains praise for the work which helps...
This image depicts the book cover of The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault. Thanks for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (the publisher) and Goo...
In 1932, Al Capone was on his way to prison. Connected to another prisoner with a three-foot-long chain, he tried to bury his face in his should...
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