Most of the historical facts seem relatively easy to corroborate, but how the events were interpreted decisively altered the development of the nation.
One of the most controversial figures in American history. John brown dedicated his life to the abolition of slavery; for him, any means used to achieve this goal were justified.
While tales of friendships among vagabonds that transcended race abound, many African American vagabonds recounted being made to feel like outcasts among outcasts.
Born on a Nebraska farm in 1916, Donald Newhouser rode the rails from 1935 to 1938, following the harvests through the West: the hay fields in Colorado, potato picking in Idaho, apples in Washington, hops in Oregon.
Determined to win the war before the Americans could bring their fresh troops to bear, the Germans launched a series of all-out offensives in the winter and spring of 1918.
