Biographies Audio Narrations

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.

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America's first president had all sorts of trouble with his teeth. Listen to "George Washington and His False Teeth."

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Margaret Mitchell found the title for her new book in the lines of an 1891 poem.

Margaret Mitchell starts writing a novel when her husband grows weary of lugging books home from the library for his ailing wife to read.

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