James Redpath's interview with John Brown debut in the press. But it wasn’t until the battle of Osawatomie that John Brown, the abolitionist hero, fully emerged.
Through Emerson, Thoreau became involved in the transcendentalist movement, a discipline promoting self-education and the development of the individual.
Genius and pioneer, a man both unorthodox and eccentric, Landrum Shettles attempted one of the world’s first test tube babies but was never able to achieve success.
Cinematographer Boyd Estus talks about filming the Pioneer Zephyr exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and the joys of shooting historical documentaries.