Wade Rouse might have grown up in the heart of America in the tiny town of Granby, Missouri, but that didn’t make him the All-American Boy.  At three he crowned himself “Miss Sugar Creek” complete... ...

Hundreds of prickly pear cactus needles stuck in the roof of the mouth would be enough to convince anyone that thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail is no walk in the woods.  After all, with 2,650... ...

In 1986, seventeen-year-old Jennifer Sey was at the top of the United States elite gymnastics world: hard work, unrelenting determination, and a bit of luck took her to the top of the podium as...

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It only took a trolley ride to turn a small boy's life upside down forever. 

In the Spring of 1932 six-year-old Roger was an ordinary little boy who loved playing with his yellow dump truck and...

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When a little girl must wrap her textbooks in plastic so no telltale roaches escape at school; or submit to a delousing before joining her Fresh Air Fund host family; or watch her mother spend...

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