We may know about a famous person's accomplishments, but what do we know about THEM? What is the human-interest story in THEIR lives? This biography collection features the stories behind the lives of some famous (and not-so-famous) individuals.
General "Chinese" Gordon offers The Mahdi gifts that he rejects, and then The Mahdi lays siege to Khartoum and beheads Gordon.
Benedict Arnold plans to make money by switching sides and helping the British win.
Thomas Jefferson buys land from Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803 and makes plans to explore it.
When Abe Lincoln was eight years old, he moved with his family to a settlement in Indiana. It was there that he lost his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, ...
Even after the jury finds him competent and guilty, Guiteau does not believe he will die for his crime.
During his trial, expert witnesses debate whether or not Charles Guiteau is insane.
The gunfight on Fremont Street does not settle matters between the two sides, and more shootings and killings occur.
During the afternoon of October 26th, 1881, the famous gunfight occurs in Tombstone between the lawmen and the Cowboys.
Read a poem about the life of Professor G.V. Loganathan, an engineering teacher.
Begun in AD 122, Hadrian's Wall is a barrier that protectsRoman Britain from invaders.
Hal Moore, co-author of We were Soldiers Once . . . and Young was a soldier's soldier as he followed orders during a hated war.
Videos and photos portray the Kennedys as a happy and loving family.
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