"Too often we see TR only as he is at Mount Rushmore, a larger-than-life monument carved in stone...far from being flesh and blood." So Kathleen Dalton writes in her introduction to this rich and ...

The young Theodore Roosevelt did not strike most people as promising enough to become one of the nation’s greatest Presidents. His august Knickerbocker family had grown rich from generations of ...

History is made up of many people whose bravery, thoughts, and will have created an indelible impression on the society. These characters belong to various spheres of life: politics, science, ...