Biography: Historical, Political & Military

By all accounts, Sally Townsend of Oyster Bay was a very attractive young lady - petite, vivacious, intelligent and remarkably beautiful. But her l...

Born in Germany in 1828, future Union general August Valentine Kautz came to America as an infant. He was privileged to obtain schooling and, af...

Captivating portraits of extraordinary individuals Famous Buckeyes are recognized by practically everyone. They range from presidents and inventors...

At the turn of the noneteenth century - when mmost food in America was blan and brown and few people appreciated the economic potential of then-ex...

The Blackest-Hearted Villains from Irish History The Irish are celebrated at home and abroad as explorers, freedom fighters and great writers an...

Born in the hamlet of Mount Gilead, North Carolina, Julius Chambers(19362013) escaped the fetters of the Jim Crow South to emerge in the1960s and 1...

Earl Kemp Long (1895-1960) was the political heir to his brother Huey in Louisiana politics. A country boy who never lost his common touch, he ran ...