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The Adventures of the Real Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain prowled the rough-and-tumble streets of 1860s San Francisco with a hard-drinking, larger-than-life fireman
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The Unknown Story of “The Black Cyclone,” the Cycling Champion Who Broke the Color Barrier
Major Taylor had to brave more than the competition to become one of the most acclaimed cyclists of the world
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Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s Revolutionary Leader
The Nobel Peace Prize winner talks about the secret weapon in her decades of struggle—the power of Buddhism
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Why Are Jim Thorpe’s Olympic Records Still Not Recognized?
In 1912, Jim Thorpe became the greatest American Olympian of all time, but not if you ask the IOC
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The “Latin Lover” and His Enemies
Rudolph Valentino fought a long battle against innuendo about his masculinity right up until he died. But now he seems to have won
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The Rise and Fall of Ken-chan, the $43,000 Robot Waiter
The spaghetti-slinging robot drew crowds at Grazie’s Italian Restaurant in Tokyo
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In 1912, a family of six was murdered by ax in the little town of Villisca, Iowa. Might these killings be linked to nine other similar crimes?
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Julia Child’s Recipe for a Thoroughly Modern Marriage
Food writer Ruth Reichl looks at the impact of the famous chef’s partnership with her husband Paul
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“I Was Looking Forward to a Quiet Old Age”
Instead, Etta Shiber, a widow and former Manhattan housewife, helped smuggle stranded Allied soldiers out of Nazi-occupied in Paris
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Should LBJ Be Ranked Alongside Lincoln?
Robert Caro, the esteemed biographer of Lyndon Baines Johnson, talks on the Shakespearean life of the 36th president
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The House that Polly Adler Built
She entered the brothel business without apology and set out to become the best madam in America
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Books: Teddy Roosevelt: Top Cop, Jonah Lehrer and Other Must-Read Books
TR’s rough ride as New York’s police chief shaped the man who became president just six years later
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The plot to kill Michael Malloy for life-insurance money seemed foolproof—until the conspirators actually tried it
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Hit by a Bus, How Ben Hogan Hit Back
The champion golfer was critically injured in 1949—and went on to the most dominant phase of his career
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John M. Barry on Roger Williams and the Indians
The founder of Rhode Island often helped out the early colonists in their dealings with Native Americans
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The Great Dissenter and His Half-Brother
John Harlan championed racial justice on a hostile Supreme Court. Robert Harlan, a freed slave, achieved renown despite the court’s decisions
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Behind Enemy Lines With Violette Szabo
She was young, married and a mother. But after her husband died in battle against the Nazis, she became a secret agent for the British
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Unflinching Portraits of Pearl Harbor Survivors
Seventy years after the day that lives on in infamy, the soldiers stationed at Pearl Harbor recall their experiences
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