When horrific things happen, how a person responds can make a difference in the rest of one's life. In this collection, learn how some individuals triumphed in the face of unspeakable tragedies.
Read a poem about the life of Professor G.V. Loganathan, an engineering teacher.
Many Japanese soldiers and civilians on Saipan kill themselves so Marines do not capture them.
At age 22, Helen writes the account of her life. Read (and hear) the first 11 chapters.
Read, and hear, the remaining chapters of Helen's autobiography.
With the help of Anne Sullivan, Helen completes college and travels the world writing and speaking to audiences.
Dickie goes to jail for carjacking, kidnapping, and armed robbery; he emerges a changed man.
Hitler will not allow his commander Paulus to surrender, preferring that he commit suicide.
People save possessions by burying them in the sand before they flee the October 1871 fires in Holland, Michigan.
During 1932-33 people in Ukraine die for lack of food. This man-made disaster is called Holodomor and has its roots in Soviet policies.
The Great Depression begins after the 1929 stock market crash and is the worst economic disaster in American history.
Combatants on all sides rely on horses; learn about the role that horses fill during WWI.
Going against accepted standards, Howard Hughes asks the courts for the right to manage his family business before he turned 21. He won his case.
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