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.
Bookcover image of K-19 the Widowmaker: The Secret Story of The Soviet Nuclear Submarine, by Peter Huchthausen.
Bookcover image of Kitchener: Architect of Victory, Artisan of Peace, by John Charles Pollock.
Bookcover image of Kitchener's Army 1914-1918, by Ray Westlake.
Bookcover image of Kitchener: Saviour of the Realm, by John Pollock.
This book tells the story of what happened on Palawan Island when Japanese commanders decided to kill all the Allied prisoners of war who had worked f...
At the time of his marriage to Helen Pitts, newspapers reported that Frederick Douglass and his children disagreed about the propriety of that marriag...
Frederick Douglass, a former slave, honored the memory of John Brown (an abolitionist) with a lecture about him. This image depicts a page from ...
On the 19th of May, 1900, Wilbur Wright sent a letter to Octave Chanute. In it, he discusses a serious "illness" which he has. The cure, f...
What was it like for a fugitive slave who was trying to be free? We hear from one individual who lived in the hollow of a poplar tree for seven months...
Nelson Mandela, known as "The First Accused" at the Rivonia treason trial, gave this opening statement (on his own behalf) at the beginning of the tri...
This image depicts the text of a "marriage bond" between Edgar Allan Poe and Virginia Clemm. The document contains an error. Virginia's age is ...
Image of the Massachusetts Handicap Chart, published August 7, 1937. The event took place at Suffolk Downs. Click on the image for a better vie...
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