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Joe Dimaggio: The Hero's Life | Article

Joe DiMaggio is considered one of the most memorable baseball players of all time.

Joe Dimaggio: The Hero's Life | Article

As a young man, Giuseppe DiMaggio, Joe DiMaggio's father, was a fisherman on a small island off the coast of Sicily.

Joe Dimaggio: The Hero's Life | Article

Read about DiMaggio's career, his fellow ballplayers, and the national pastime that he played so gracefully.

Joe Dimaggio: The Hero's Life | Article

Those who saw him say he earned his title as "The Greatest" the old-fashioned way: play by play, game by game, and season by season.

Ulysses S. Grant | Article

Read an electronic edition of Ulysses Grant's famous Personal Memoirs, a 19th-century bestseller.

Ulysses S. Grant | Image Gallery

Take a look at the world of Grant's early life.

FDR | Primary Source

FDR tells Americans the only thing they have to fear is fear itself.

Truman | Primary Source

Leaflets dropped on cities in Japan warning civilians about the atomic bomb, dropped c. August 6, 1945.

Andrew Carnegie: The Richest Man in the World | Article

During the "Gilded Age," every man was a potential Andrew Carnegie, and Americans who achieved wealth celebrated it as never before.

Article

Buchanan's faith that the legal system would resolve the slavery issue locked him into inaction.

FDR | Primary Source

The president hails the workers of the Civilian Conservation Corps.

George H.W. Bush | Digital Short

Barbara Pierce met George Bush when she was just 16. She married him three years later.