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.
The Emancipation Proclamation is still debated today, what did it say and how did the country react?
Do you know the background of "Little Women?" Meet Louisa May Alcott and learn how she based her still-famous story on her real-life family.
In his own country, Cornwallis came to be known as "the man who lost America." Learn why.
The eulogy celebrating the life of a much-loved Father, James Berkenpas, Jr.
Louis Dembitz Brandeis (18561941) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was known as a strong supporter of civil rights.
Louis Zamperini returned to Japan, in the fall of 1950, and had an opportunity to visit with some of his former prison guards.
Louis Zamperini attended a tent meeting featuring Dr.
Lt. Col. Joshua Chamberlain, from Maine, was an officer in the Union army during the Civil War.
Lt. Gwynne Pierson was one of four Tuskegee Airmen who participated in a major attack on a German vessel during the summer of 1944.
The man whom Thomas Jefferson later described as "the principal hope of America's future efforts on the ocean" was born in a gardener's cottage on the...
The story of a gangster so dominant that he made TIME magazine's top-100 list of the 20th century's most influential people.
Lucy Burns friend of Alice Paul worked internationally to get women the right to vote.
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