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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Gavrilo Princip, the assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife (Sophie), is very ill. Knowing he will soon die himself, the young man's action...
During the "high water mark of the Confederacy," General Armistead (whose friends called him "Lo") leads his Confederate brigade toward the center of ...
Continental Army General Horatio Gates was a war hero, but he was also ready to lead a mutiny after the Revolutionary War was over. It was called the ...
During America's Civil War, General Robert E. Lee was commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
General Sherman devastated Atlanta during his 1864 "March to the Sea.
Newton discovered the concept of gravity, but no one before Einstein figured out what caused gravity.
George Jung as he appeared following his release from prison in 2014.
Considered to be one of the greatest mountain climbers in the world, George Mallory was invited to climb Mount Everest after the end of World War I.
Thomas Jefferson called George Mason (17251792), one of our truly great men.
Although no known images of George Pollard, Jr., survive, the Nantucket Historical Association has a facsimile of his signature.
George Washington had trouble with his teeth long before he became America's first president. This image depicts the last-surviving set of his denture...
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