Stephen Girard - America’s Forgotten Multi-millionaire

Brasidas: Sparta's Finest General #sponsored

Brasidas: Sparta's Greatest General #sponsored 16 Nov 2023 --- Stop data brokers from exposing your information. Go to my sponsor https://aura.com/biographics to get a 14-day free trial and see if your personal information has been compromised → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.worldhistory.org/Peloponnesian_War/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Peloponnesian_League/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Delian_League/ https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-greece/peloponnesian-war https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/peloponnesian-war/ https://archive.org/details/archidamianwar0000kaga/page/58/mode/2up?view=theater&q=brasidas https://archive.org/details/landmarkthucydid0000thuc/page/106/mode/2up?view=theater&q=tellis https://archive.org/details/plutarchonsparta00plut/page/38/mode/2up?view=theater&q=brasidas https://archive.org/details/landmarkthucydid0000thuc/page/106/mode/2up?view=theater&q=tellis https://archive.org/details/landmarkthucydid0000thuc/page/106/mode/2up?view=theater&q=tellis https://archive.org/details/archidamianwar0000kaga/page/180/mode/2up?view=theater&q=brasidas https://archive.org/details/archidamianwar0000kaga/page/110/mode/2up?view=theater&q=brasidas https://archive.org/details/landmarkthucydid0000thuc/page/142/mode/2up?view=theater&q=brasidas https://archive.org/details/landmarkthucydid0000thuc/page/146/mode/2up?view=theater&q=brasidas https://archive.org/details/landmarkthucydid0000thuc/page/148/mode/2up?view=theater&q=brasidas https://archive.org/details/landmarkthucydid0000thuc/page/198/mode/2up?view=theater&q=brasidas https://archive.org/details/plutarchonsparta00plut/page/132/mode/2up?view=theater&q=brasidas https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7142/7142-h/7142-h.htm https://archive.org/details/wordsworthclassi00smit/page/80/mode/2up?view=theater&q=brasidas https://archive.org/details/archidamianwar0000kaga/page/298/mode/2up?view=theater&q=brasidas https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7142/7142-h/7142-h.htm Thucydides - The History of the Peloponnesian War Plutarch - On Sparta Donald Kagan - The Archidamian War William Smith - The Wordsworth Classical Dictionary Livius.org World History Encyclopedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Carausius: The Roman Pirate Who Crowned Himself Emperor

Carausius: The Roman Pirate Who Became an Emperor 20 Jul 2024 --- Check out CyberGhost VPN at https://www.cyberghostvpn.com/Biographics and you will get 84% off CyberGhost VPN. That's $2.03/month and 4 months free! It's risk-free with their 45-day money-back guarantee. Thanks to CyberGhostVPN for sponsoring the video! → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@UCsz5l0hY67TGoJR0CZiWVnA Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcus-Aurelius-Mausaeus-Carausius https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/eutropius_breviarium_2_text.htm https://historyandarchaeologyonline.com/carausius-the-rebel-emperor-of-britain/ https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/ahead-of-his-time-carausius-was-a-pirate-a-rebel-and-the-first-ruler-of-a-unified-britain-2039008.html https://www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/2021/01/11/carausius/ https://archive.org/details/britanniahistory0000frer_g6r4/page/326/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/eutropius_breviarium_2_text.htm https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcus-Aurelius-Mausaeus-Carausius https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/ahead-of-his-time-carausius-was-a-pirate-a-rebel-and-the-first-ruler-of-a-unified-britain-2039008.html https://www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/2021/01/11/carausius/ https://www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/2021/01/11/carausius/ https://www.yorku.ca/inpar/geoffrey_thompson.pdf Eutropius - Abridgment of Roman History Sheppard Frere - Britannia A History of Roman Britain https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/ahead-of-his-time-carausius-was-a-pirate-a-rebel-and-the-first-ruler-of-a-unified-britain-2039008.html https://www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/2021/01/11/carausius/ https://historyandarchaeologyonline.com/carausius-the-rebel-emperor-of-britain/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcus-Aurelius-Mausaeus-Carausius Sponsor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Aloha Wanderwell: First Woman to Circle the Globe by Car

Aloha Wanderwell: First Women to Drive Around the World 2 Mar 2024 --- “Brains, Beauty, & Breeches — World Tour Offer For Lucky young woman… Wanted to join an expedition…” That was the ad that Aloha Wanderwell saw in 1922, and right away, she felt as if it had been written especially for her. She was only 16 years old but already knew that being a “proper young lady” was not for her. From a young age, she had an unquenchable thirst for adventure. Aloha was just waiting for the right opportunity and now knew she had found it. Seventy-five countries and 380,000 miles later, Aloha Wanderwell had become the first woman to drive around the world, earning the moniker of “the Amelia Earhart of the open road.” → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/@FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/@wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.alohawanderwell.com/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/obituaries/aloha-wanderwell-overlooked.html Christian Fink-Jensen and Randolph Eustace-Walden - Aloha Wanderwell: The Border-Smashing, Record-Setting Life of the World’s Youngest Explorer https://jalopnik.com/the-first-woman-to-drive-around-the-world-crushed-banan-1824231577 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/obituaries/aloha-wanderwell-overlooked.html https://archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/20/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/26/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/26/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/30/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/40/mode/2up?view=theater https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/obituaries/aloha-wanderwell-overlooked.html https://www.alohawanderwell.com/biography/ https://archive.org/details/alohawanderwellb0000fink/page/52/mode/2up?view=theater Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Charles Bukowski: Counterculture Writer, Voice of the Poor and Depraved?

Charles Bukowski: Underground Writer, Voice of the Poor and Depraved? 12 Feb 2025 --- #author #charlesbukowski #biography Check out About Us, where we talk about the history of businesses like Nintendo, Blockbuster, and soon to come, Toys "R" Us, Whetherspoons, and more! https://www.youtube.com/@AboutUs-Biz → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Eric's Links: Cosmic Horror Ebook: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/1cw07o2uyb Storyrant: https://www.youtube.com/@storyrant OEI Analog Horror Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/@officeofextradimensionalint Grimdark Magazine #39: GdM's catalogue page for the issue is here: https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/product/grimdark-magazine-39/ Subscriptions available here: https://www.patreon.com/GrimdarkMagazine Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://huntingthemuse.net/library/why-you-should-leave-a-legacy-even-if-its-a-shit-one https://poets.org/poet/charles-bukowski https://books.google.com/books?id=Qcw1bRzDd8wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=charles+bukowski+barry+miles&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl8oyT3sCJAxXRSkEAHf5wChEQ6AF6BAgJEAI https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charles-bukowski https://poets.org/poet/charles-bukowski https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/62/mode/2up? https://www.openculture.com/2014/03/charles-bukowski-publishes-his-first-short.html https://bukowskiforum.com/threads/20-tanks-from-kasseldown-portfolio-1946.81/ https://www.google.co.za/books/edition/Charles_Bukowski/Qcw1bRzDd8wC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Charles+Bukowski+(2009)+Barry+Miles&pg=PT323&printsec=frontcover https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/82/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/85/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/97/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/106/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/107/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/111/mode/2up? https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/112/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/113/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/119/mode/2up https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-franceye21-2009jun21-story.html https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/141/mode/2up https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/03/16/charles-bukowski-leaves-a-controversial-legacy/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Office_(novel) https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/219/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/227/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/236/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/247/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/248/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/258/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/charlesbukowski0000mile/page/265/mode/2up https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/charles-bukowski https://threeroomspress.com/2020/01/the-controversial-legacy-of-charles-bukowski/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Kurt Vonnegut: The Unappreciated Novelist

Kurt Vonnegut: The Misunderstood Writer 5 Mar 2024 --- The 20th century saw many American authors leave their mark on the world of American literature. One such author to succeed in leaving such a mark was Kurt Vonnegut. Kurt Vonnegut is a hard writer to pin down with a career spanning over five decades. He was prolific throughout his illustrious career, writing books that attempted to dissect and understand the world he’d grown up in and his life. As a writer, Vonnegut often approached his subject matter with satire and science fiction twists, making his work unique and sometimes challenging to decipher. Three general concepts guided much of his work: social equality, pacifism, and common decency. These were themes that worked for the audience of the time. He was a writer who made villains of sexuality, violence, war, and technology. Overshadowed by his most popular book, Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut's interesting life helps make sense of his exciting work throughout his career. This is the story of the misunderstood writer. → Subscribe for new videos at least twice a week! https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Love content? Check out our other YouTube Channels: Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet Check out Eric's Channel Storyrant for Storytelling Video Essays and Podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Sk2h2WsYMxnGERAH_FbGg Check out Eric's Books and other Links: https://linktr.ee/EricMalikyte Karl's Socials: Fact Fiend: https://www.youtube.com/ @FactFiend Wiki Weekends: https://www.youtube.com/ @wikiweekends Untitled Side Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @untitledsidechannel Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlSmallwood Further Reading: https://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/vonnegutkurt.html https://indyencyclopedia.org/vonnegut-hardware-company/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurt-Vonnegut https://www.biblio.com/blog/2022/11/the-legacy-of-kurt-vonnegut/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141108074722/http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2007/04/kurt-vonnegut-jr-dies-84 https://cornellsun.com/2007/04/16/the-sun-remembers-kurt-vonnegut-44/ https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/kurt-vonnegut-slaughterhouse-five https://blogs.cofc.edu/vonnegut/vonneguts-life/ https://www.loc.gov/item/n79062641/kurt-vonnegut/ https://www.vonnegutlibrary.org/biography/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Dresden https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/how-jane-vonnegut-made-kurt-vonnegut-a-writer https://www.nytimes.com/1952/08/17/books/vonnegut-player.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/Player-Piano-novel-by-Vonnegut https://www.nanettevonnegut.com/information/ https://www.vonnegutlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/MSADA-AUGUST-Vonnegut-single-pages.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/books/12vonnegut.html#:~:text=In%201958%2C%20Mr.,he%20in%20a%20train%20crash. https://www.nytimes.com/1963/06/03/books/vonnegut-cradle.html https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/books/052499vonnegut-writing.html https://www.npr.org/2011/05/31/136823289/kurt-vonnegut-still-speaking-to-the-war-weary https://www.nytimes.com/1970/11/18/archives/vonnegut-has-15-nuggets-of-talent-in-harvard-class-vonnegut.html https://google.co.za/books/edition/Kurt_Vonnegut/K67OEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Kurt+Vonnegut:+A+Critical+Companion&printsec=frontcover https://www.vonnegutlibrary.org/2018/07/kurt-on-marriage/ https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2778055.Kurt_Vonnegut_Jr_ https://www.wired.com/2007/04/rip-kurt-vonneg/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]