How did Virginia become the amazing state that it is today you may wonder? Virginia's Remarkable Women: Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History recognizes the women who shaped the Old Dominion. The lives of female teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists from across the state are illuminated through short biographies.
Mind-Boggling Tales from the Old Dominion
¿ Legendary was the life of the gentle giant Peter Francisco, the strongest man in the Revolution, but one mystery remains: Why was he kidnapped as a child in his native land before being abandoned by a ship along the Appomattox River?
¿ When George Wythe was eighty, the professor, patriot, and signer of the Declaration of Independence sat up in bed and announced, "I am murdered!" But was he? Or was ...
