The travelogue moments of the book are the best written, as Synnott and his crew sail his 47-foot boat Polar Sun east to west ...

The 6,736-mile journey takes 112 days, which provides plenty of time for readers to learn the story of British Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and the 128 men he led on an expedition to discover ...

Mark Synnott admits in the introduction to his new book that “it is out in the high and wild places in this world that I’ve always felt the closest to whoever it is that I really am.” ...

Franklin knew his faults as much as he cherished his fame: the absent husband away for his wife’s death; the man prone to jettisoning friends who ceased to be useful (former friend John Collins ...

John Travolta, just like Olivia Newton-John, skyrocketed to fame following the release of the film musical Grease in 1978, the year after he danced his way across the big screen in Saturday Night ...

John and Abigail Adams had a storybook union that spanned half a century. Benjamin and Deborah Franklin spent all but two of their final 17 years apart. Why? The conventional wisdom is that their ...

When Vinton became lead manager here in 2016, Robert Rendler and John Anderson were named comanagers. Rendler is still with the fund, but in 2020, Anderson went back to Franklin's central research ...

1935, one of the group’s main locations from 1880 to 1935. The Library Company of Philadelphia Founding father Benjamin Franklin knew better than most the benefits of self-education.

1st Franklin Financial offers personal loans up to $15,000. Its loans feature fixed rates and payments and no prepayment penalties. Its services are available only in select states nationwide ...

The members of the Supreme Court including Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes (center, front row) ruled against President Franklin Delano ... and writers such as John Cheever.