… an emotional story about Gene Garrison and his father, Tom Garrison, attempting to love one another. His father’s abandonment and his mother’s early death traumatized Tom Garrison as a child. Forced to take care of himself and his siblings, he grew…

… It’s a story about a girl that grew up in an Indiana town. She moved when she was 18 years old to a new town where all the guys fell for her. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recorded “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” in 1993. The song earned Tom the best…

… Zlin, Czechoslovakia. The youngest son of a doctor for the Bata shoe company, he moved with his family to Singapore in 1939 to escape the dangers World War II. In 1942 Tom's father, Eugene Straussler was killed in the war. Tom and his remaining family…

… Hawthorne, an American writer, was born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 4, 1804. His widowed mother raised him until she sent him to school at Bowdain College, where he decided he wanted to become a writer. This dream of his finally came true…

… is of course not to be defined by its uses...It may effect revolutions in sensibility such as are periodically needed; may help to break up the conventional modes of perception and valuation which are perpetually forming, and make people see the…

… Amaru Shakur Both Tupac and Amaru are words of Inca origin. Together they mean, "shining serpent." Shakur means "thankful to God," from the Arabic language. Tupac, commonly known as America's most controversial rapper was labeled a gangster…

… are the lyrics to one of the songs written by Tupac Shakur. Amidst all the controversy surrounding his personal life, this artist has managed to overcome all obstacles and spread his hope/hate message to a surprisingly receptive audience. Tupac’s…

… NY in 1971. While still a small child, his mother changed his name to Tupac Amaru after an Inca Indian revolutionary, "Tupac Amaru", meaning "Shining Serpant". "Shakur" means "Thankful To God" in Arabic. By the age of twelve, Tupac had discovered…

… Narrows, Georgia. From the very beginning, he took after the city and became one of baseball's most stubborn and hated men. Ty Cobb is, by bald statistics, measurably the greatest hitter ever.He won twelve batting titles in thirteen years, including…

… general and 18th president of the U.S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, on April 27, 1822, the son of Hannah Simpson and Jesse Grant, the owner of a tannery. Taken to nearby Georgetown at the age of one, he was educated in local and boarding…