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.
Facsimile of the verdict in the trial of United States v. Susan B. Anthony. Click on the image for a better view.
Image of a report called Affidavit of Surgeon reporting on 1st Cabin survivors picked up by the Carpathia. Click on the image for a better view.
Two years to the day before he died of a gunshot wound in Los Angeles, Senator Robert F. Kennedy delivered a major speech in South Africa. On t...
This is a facsimile of the Amnesty Oath signed by Robert E. Lee, swearing loyalty to the United States.
Map depicting the location of Saint-Remy-de-Provence, where Vincent spent nearly a year in an asylum.
This image, from a study by Drs. E. Fuller Torrey and and Daniel Weinberger, depicts the brain scans of identical male twins, aged 28. The scan ...
Schliemann of Troy: Treasure and Deceit, by David A. Traill, examines the work which Heinrich Schliemann did at Troy. Although he uncovere...
Page from the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano (also known as "Gustavus Vassa, The African"). What happened when captured Africans were sold to buyer...
Bookcover image of Stalingrad: The Fateful siege 1942 - 1943, by Anthony Beevor.
Stephen F. Austin: Empresario of Texas, by Gregg Cantrell, is the first full-length biography of the "Father of Texas" in more than seventy year...
The follow excerpts from John Brown's Body—a 15,000-line epic Civil-War poem by Stephen Vincent Benet, published in 1928—tell the story of...
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