What made the 19th century an interesting but tumultuous time? What technological, cultural and social changes influenced life then? Explore those issues in this story collection.
Henry Cole - a good friend of Queen Victoria's husband (Prince Albert) - was too busy to send personal Christmas greetings to his family, friends and ...
Believing cocaine to have many health benefits, Freud introduced it to his friend, Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow whose disastrous dependency caused Freud ...
Years after a whale destroyed his ship, the Essex, Thomas Nickerson wrote a narrative and drew pictures about the tragedy. This facsimile depicts his ...
Thomas Nickerson wrote a narrative about the whale attack on the Essex. He included drawings in his work. This image depicts one of those drawings.
During the days when the Federal Court had jurisdiction over Indian Territory, many people hanged on Ft. Smith's gallows. The National Park Service te...
From Imperial Russia to a Midwestern American town, the Third Imperial Easter Egg has an amazing history.
Near the beginning of "A Christmas Carol," Ebenezer Scrooge walks home from his office. When he gets there, he thinks he sees the face of Jacob Marley...
The wife of Robert Louis Stevenson was married to someone else when she met R.L.S. in a small town near Paris.
When Napoleon and his Grand Army reached Moscow, on the 14th of September, 1812, nearly the whole city had been abandoned. Then it erupted in flames. ...
Follett, a family-owned business serving the education industry, was started by Charles Montgomery (C.M.) Barnes in 1873.
Frances Adeline Miller Seward, the wife of President Lincoln’s Secretary of State, William Seward, was respected in her own right. Among other t...
Frankenstein - a student at the University of Ingolstadt (in Germany) - has worked hard for nearly two years on a major project. He has given everythi...
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