John Greenleaf Whittier: From Farm Boy to Iconic Poet
John Greenleaf Whittier travelled an extraordinary path from a poor farm boy in Massachusetts to one…
Henry Longfellow: The American Poet Who Translated Dante
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow dominated nineteenth-century American poetry, gaining fame on both sides of the Atlantic. His…
Thomas Andrews: Titanic’s Architect and Tragic Hero
Thomas Andrews Junior went down in history as the designer of the world’s most famous passenger…
Mogadishu Snipers: The Story of Gordon & Shughart
On October 3, 1993, as two American Black Hawk helicopters crashed over Mogadishu, Sergeants Gary Gordon…
The murder of Davis Timmerman
In September 1941, the body of Davis Timmerman was found in a small store in South…
Ivan Chisov. Incredible WWII Airman Survival Story
On a freezing January day in 1942, German fighters attacked a Soviet Ilyushin Il-4 bomber, and…
Hendrik Goltzius: Dutch Genius Surpassing Dürer
In 16th-century Holland, there was an artist whose life could serve as the script for a…
Otto Kretschmer: The Deadliest U-Boat Ace
Seven torpedoes, five ships sunk, and a sixth damaged—all in a single salvo. It was a…
Malcolm II: The Ruthless King of Medieval Scotland
Irish chronicles called him „the Destroyer,” and he himself came to power by murdering his predecessor.…
Klaus Hornig: Officer Who Resisted Nazi Crimes
Nikolaus Ernst Hornig, known as Klaus, was a German police officer and lawyer who, in the…