What's more exciting than a prison break? Frank Morris and John and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz in 1962 and have never been caught. Many authorities are certain they died crossing San Franci
Historian Theodore White called it "the most dangerous, terrifying, barbarous aerial transport run in the world a€| the skyway to Hell." Life Magazine called it “the most dangerous n
Historian Theodore White called it "the most dangerous, terrifying, barbarous aerial transport run in the world…the skyway to Hell." The Hump was a perilous 500-mile flight path across the eastern Him
Tells the stories in their own words of several of the thousands of Jewish children rescued from Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1940 and brought to new homes in the United Kingdom. Memoir pieces, poems
"Gives readers an up-close look at the harrowing story of the 807th Medical Evacuation Squadron's escape from behind Nazi Lines after surviving a plane crash in enemy territory"--
Documents the pivotal but lesser-known contributions of four African-American mathematicians who made it possible for the U.S. to launch rockets and astronauts into space, tracing their respective sto
Documents the pivotal but lesser-known contributions of four African-American mathematicians who made it possible for the U.S. to launch rockets and astronauts into space, tracing their respective sto
In the midst of World War II, a group of Army Air Force medical workers found themselves trapped behind enemy lines after surviving a plane crash. What followed were two months of sheer terror. Vivid
