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.
During 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson took a long walk with a donkey in the south of France. His objective was two-fold: Try to forget about Fanny Osbor...
Robert Louis Stevenson's Mother kept a "baby book" for her only child. It is filled with interesting information about RLS as a baby, a toddler and a ...
Although he wanted to be a writer, Robert Louis Stevenson met with resistance about such a profession from his Father, Tom Stevenson.
When he was 13, Robert Louis Stevenson attended Scotland's Burlington Lodge Academy while his parents were in the south of France, where his Mother wa...
Image of a photograph depicting the statue of Robert the Bruce at Edinburgh Castle.
(Robert) Vijay Gupta, child prodigy and friend of Nathaniel Ayers, is a violinist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
Who was Robin Hood? Was he a real person or merely a legend? If a real person, when did he live? If he lived, was he an outlaw? Could his name hav...
From the Reagan Presidential Library, we learn the following about Ronald Wilson Reagan:Even before he made the White House his home, Ronald Reagan sp...
Rosa Parks brought the civil rights movement fuel to grow with her actions.
Photograph of Rosetta Douglass Sprague, the eldest child of Frederick Douglass and Anna Murray Douglass.
For eight years, Rudolf Abel (Willy Fisher) lives in Brooklyn while serving as a Soviet spy. After he is betrayed by a fellow Soviet spy, Abel is arre...
Rudolf Abel was a Soviet spy, living in America for eight years, before an informer (his own assistant) blew Abel's cover when the informer defected i...
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