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.
After recovering from his arm injuries, the Chicago White Sox recruit Morris in the fall of 1988.
Dostoevsky's wife and brother die, sending him into a tailspin; he becomes broke and desperate.
Barrie helps financially and emotionally as both Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and her husband die of cancer; their five young boys are orphans.
While life is good, for Thomas Cromwell, his family suddenly is struck by three tragedies.
Upon his death, Thomas' father leaves instructions that his son is to receive "a thorough classical education."
Sue is a nearly complete T-Rex skeleton, found in South Dakotabut now residing in Chicago's Field Museum.
The people prosecuting Joan decide her fate before the trial begins. She is not given a lawyer and the person prosecuting her is also the judge in the...
After his U-2 plane is shot-down over Soviet territory, Francis Gary Powers must stand trial in Moscow as a spy. Before that, he faces numerous interr...
Runaway slaves need to be creative to avoid capture.
Even after he was arrested in New York City, during 1935, Victor Lustig was not-yet finished with his lifetime as a con man.
By the time people knew Robert Miller as Count Victor Lustig, the con man was a master at deceiving people with his money-box schemes.
Forced to flee France, because he "sold" the Eiffel Tower to unsuspecting Parisian scrap-metal dealers, Victor Lustig returns to Prohibition-Era Ameri...
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