Hobey Baker as a young man received the kind of adulation that only a few people ever get. He was the ideal...
Paul Revere was an ardent patriot and a skilled artisan who turned to dentistry when times were lean. That was fortunate for...
Robert Frost and Elinor White married in December of 1895 in Lawrence, Mass., after one of them finally stopped foot-dragging. The two were...
When the much-loved television special How the Grinch Stole Christmas first aired on Dec. 18, 1966, optimists thought it might run for...
Mark Twain bombed in a very big way when he poked fun at America’s most august literary lights during a 70th birthday...
The much-loved Christmas song Sleigh Ride was written during an August heat wave for the Boston Pops Orchestra. It didn’t even have...