Puleo's book is a biography of Charles Sumner, a U.S. senator who was a prominent voice in the antislavery movement ahead of the Civil War.

His years illustrating pulp novels honed his sense of pictorial drama, and his meticulous research ensured historical accuracy, notably in his Civil War paintings.

And so it was. In the 1930s, her Hollywood career nearing takeoff, Grace Boyle embraced the stage name of Grace Stafford. As ...

A rare Stradivarius violin, made over 300 years ago by Antonio Stradivari during his so-called golden period, fetched $11.3 ...