People who change the world may, or may not, be famous in their own lifetimes. Often it takes years for others to understand forward-thinking contributions. This collection introduces you to some of the world's most-famous people
Booker T. Washington, another famous African-American, wanted to preserve the home of Frederick Douglass so it could honor the man and commemorate his...
When soldiers captured John Wilkes Booth, they found his diary. At some point, the diary was turned over to the FBI where certain pages were dig...
Bookcover image of Chancellorsville, by Stephen W. Sears. Amazon provides an overview of this acclaimed book: Sears describes the series of cont...
Bookcover image of Chancellorsville, Second Edition, by Edward J. Stackpole.
Graphic image depicting the historical Dynasties of China.
David Hackett Fischer wrote an acclaimed work called Paul Revere's Ride. This image, of its back cover, contains praise for the work which helps...
Guy Fawkes—the most-famous of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators—signed two confessions, one after he was tortured and another eight days lat...
Thomas Mifflin, president of the Congress in December of 1783, accepted General Washington’s resignation. This is page two of the report, ...
In November of 1780, the United States Congress rewarded the three militiamen who apprehended John Andre and found the documents he'd received from Be...
A stele, called the "Daiva Inscription," was found at the royal compound of Persepolis. Among other things, it gives a description of countries which ...
In 2006, Britain's High Court heard testimony in a trial involving Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code. A claim of plagiarism had been filed aga...
FDR did not use "infamy" in his first-draft as this original shows.
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