by Criswell | Amazing Americans, Famous People
From the time he was a child, Walt Disney loved to draw. At first, he wanted to draw cartoons for newspapers, but as a young man, he discovered his love of animation, so he started making short cartoon movies in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. Eventually, Walt...
by Criswell | Amazing Americans, Famous People, Inventions
First, Wilbur and Orville Wright bought a small printing press and started a weekly newspaper in Dayton, Ohio. Then, they opened a bicycle shop. But they wanted to do something else: they wanted to build a flying machine. And that’s what they did. To get...
by Criswell | Amazing Americans, Famous People, Women in History
Amelia Earhart was a famous pilot who set many records for long-distant flights. In 1928,she became famous as the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic Ocean by herself (flying by oneself is called flying “solo”). By 1937, when she took off from...
by Criswell | Amazing Americans, Famous People, Sports
Babe Ruth began his Major League Baseball career as a 19-year-old pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He was one of the best pitchers in baseball, but he could also hit long home runs. Since pitchers only played once every four or five days, Babe switched to the outfield...
