Robert Hilburn’s “A Few Words in Defense of Our Country” is a biography of a musician famous for both sarcasm and sentiment.

In June 1933, the 24-year-old Martha Dodd, the daughter of the newly appointed American ambassador to Berlin, arrived in the ...

Soong was the first international student to study in North Carolina, according to E.A. Haag in the 2015 biography, “Charlie ...

Daniel Chaplin has made history as the first person with Down syndrome to complete a half-marathon in all 50 states.

A bowler hat and a toothbrush mustache, baggy trousers with worn-out shoes, a cheap cane, and a funny walk, all garnished ...