He was one of America’s earliest folklore authors, using the dialect and stories from the land he grew up on. His stories – while not widely...

She was known as one of the most beautiful of American women, had a tremendous personality that ruled the stage she played on, and was a fla...

His fore bearers had been leaders in their colony, and his children would continue that heritage. He was a man who provided political and mi...

She was a controversial figure her entire adult life – often living up to her nickname of ‘Contrary Mary’. She was the second licensed woman...

He was the youngest man to sign the U.S. Declaration of Independence in 1776, and would wind up in a British prison as a result. A political...

His early work career involved one failure after another, yet he persevered and became known as the financier of the American Civil War – an...

"ALGERIA, JANUARY, 1943: Men who bring our convoys from America, some of whom have just recently arrived, tell me the people at home do...