

3. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Africa: The Neolithic Era (c. 8,000 BC – c. 4,000 BC)
My Name is Ina the Seed Keeper - Child of the Wild Earth I was born during the waning days of the old ways, when our people still...


2. Heroes and Villains of the Age of Exploration: Early European Exploration
My Name is Niccolò de' Conti: Across the Roads of Silk and Spice I am Niccolò de' Conti, born in the proud and glittering republic of...


2. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Africa: The Mesolithic Era (c. 10,000 BC – c. 8,000 BC)
My Name is Kael the Hunter-Tracker: My Life Beneath the Forest Sky I was born in the valley where the ice once ruled, a place carved by...


1. Heroes and Villains of the Age of Exploration: The Norse Expedition to the Americas
My Name is Erik the Red – The Exiled Explorer I was born around the year 950, in the fierce and frigid lands of Norway. My father,...


1. Heroes and Villains of Ancient Africa: The Paleolithic Era (c. 300,000 BC – c. 10,000 BC)
My Name is Tika the Fire-Keeper (Teen Inventor and Communicator) They call me Tika the Fire-Keeper, but I wasn’t always that. I was born...


17. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution: The Political, the Industrial Presidents, and Prosperity
My Name is William McKinley: A Life of Duty, War, and Industry I was born on January 29, 1843, in a small town called Niles, Ohio. My...


16. Heroes and Villains of the Ancient America - The Caribbean Tribes and Cultures – Part 2
My Name is Cacique Guarionex – Chief of Maguá and the Taino I was born under the sun-dappled canopy of the highlands, in the region our...


16. Heroes and Villains of the Industrial Revolution: Education, Health, Immigration and the Middle-Class Boom
Education: My Name Is Horace Mann: A Life in the Service of Education I was born on May 4, 1796, in the small, rugged town of Franklin,...


15. Heroes and Villains of the Ancient America - The Caribbean Tribes and Cultures – Part 1
I Am Yma Sumac's Ancestor: A Shaman’s Story from the Amazon I came into this world when the rivers were young and the sky sang low to the...