… was elected by popular vote; as President he sought to act as the direct representative of the common man. Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education. But in his late teens he read law for about two…

… and Agnes (a homemaker) had no idea about the life that was ahead of her. At the age of 17, as her musical career with her brother Richard was beginning, her extreme dieting would begin. (Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives) At the age of…

… something to change the way people think about the world or is not afraid to be punisched for their beliefs. It is someone who has ideas that could make life better for another human in any way and has the courage to act on these ideas. Heroe should…

… in his dual biography entitled Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors, recounts a vision of young Crazy Horse in which he was given advice by a mysterious warrior that, if followed, would give him a “powerful medicine” of…

… parents. Summertime was the season when children by the hundreds became infected with the crippling disease "poliomyelitis". This fear was finally lifted when it was announced that Dr. Jonas Salk had developed a vaccine against the disease. Salk…

… shack looking out towards the moonlit sky; he scans the horizon, making sure no one lurks in the darkness and picks up a pen hidden in the stash of hay lying in the corner. He then unravels his beaten pants to reveal a small, worn out pamphlet, and…

… every week. Half the Earth's population will soon live in congested, urban regions mainly in the poor, developing countries of Asia and Africa. If the 20th century was the century of urban sprawl, the 21st century will be the century of the…

… Childhood, Life in South Africa and England C. Early Adult Life, Tolkien the Linguist D. Later Adult Life, Tolkien the Professor II. Education A. Early Education, A Love of Languages B. Later Education, The Road to Oxford III. Society A.…

… 1, suggests that activities in which we participate shape the characteristics of our personality and our personality determines what we do – an ongoing process of reciprocity. At the time Aristotle wrote this book, in 350 BC, he was well aware of…

… series of religious reformations broke out in Central Europe. Many people began to have different views on the Holy Roman Catholic Church, especially on the subjects of political authority and social order. Two important leaders of this time rose to…