Benjamin Franklin was a leading US Founding Father and inventor. Discover who Benjamin Franklin was, his groundbreaking inventions of the lightning rod and bifocals, influential books, and key ...

Scheidies: "History is simply your story, my story. It is the story of the famous, the infamous and the neighbor next door." ...

Written by Benjamin Franklin between 1771 and 1790, and published in 1909, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin details the ...

The second volume of the historian’s account of the American Revolution is told with tremendous verve and detail.

The Waldorf Astoria Hotel has been shunned by presidents since Barack Obama after it was taken over by Chinese owners.

It's worth revering not just the document itself, but the men of consequence who made American independence a reality.

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (1941-05-04) by Benjamin Franklin Publication date 1656-01-01 Publisher Barnes Noble Books; Not Stated edition (1941-01-01) Collection ...

She was once called “the most dangerous woman in Africa.” But Andrée Blouin described herself as an African woman “inflamed by injustice” on a mission to free her continent from colonial rule. She was ...

Research into James Baldwin's archives reveals incisive details about the writer's personal relationships, both platonic and romantic, with other men ...