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Code Talkers,
America's Secret Military Weapon
- The Marines might never have taken Iwo Jima and World
War II might have ended differently without the indecipherable
language of the Navajo Code Talkers.
Cinco de Mayo,
the Real Story - This victory
over Napoleon's army not only sparked Mexican pride, but may
have saved the United States.
Unsinkable Molly
Brown, Tougher than Titanic - From the mines of
Colorado to the halls of royalty, her indomitable spirit made
her the talk of society and a heroine of the Titanic disaster.
Mother Jones
- A roadside sign drew me off the highway to find a monument
to "The Miner's Angel." Later I found out that she
was considered by others to be "the most dangerous woman
in America."
Jane Addams,
Mother of Social Work -
Shocked by the horrid little houses in nearby slums, this six
year old from an affluent family dedicated her life to radically
improving the social culture of America.
Golden Age of the
Circus - One hundred years
ago there was nothing more exciting than the day the circus came
to town.
Of Scottish
Lighthouses and Pirate Legends - The ancestors
of Robert Louis Stevenson engineered the lighthouses of Scotland,
putting an end to piracy and looting. Perhaps they also inspired
some of the great adventure stories of all time.
Treasure Pirates
of the Whydah - Barry Clifford
searches for the true story of pirate Black Sam Bellamy and his
lover Maria Hallett, and the location of Bellamy's sunken treasure
ship with her cache of gold and silver.
Freedom Shackled - The slave ship, Henrietta Marie, speaks
from its watery grave to give us the first true picture of the
horror that men, women and children suffered in the Atlantic
slave trade.
Violet Jessop Survives
the Titanic, Olympic and Britannic
- Nurse Violet Jessop survived the wrecks of all three
of White Star's magnificent luxury liners, Olympic, Britannic...and
Titanic. Who was Violet, and how did she come to be on all three
ships?
Amazing Century
of the Piccards - Three
generations of this family have pushed back the frontiers of
space and ocean depths. From the "first woman in space"
to the first non-stop balloon trip around the world, these are
the incredible Piccards.
