Fifty Famous People: A Book of Short Stories
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Fifty short lives for young readers: Lincoln stopping on his way to court to put fledglings back in their nest, Franklin and his whistle, the midnight ride, the shepherd-boy who became a painter, Solomon and the bees. Baldwin was an American schoolmaster who wrote readers used in half the schools of his country, and he tells each story in a page and a half. Some of the anecdotes are legends and he says so; the book is where most English-speaking children first met them. Thirty-three paintings, from Menzel's moonlit Berlin canal to Bierstadt's western falls, give these old anecdotes the wide world they came from.
Fifty short lives for young readers: Lincoln stopping on his way to court to put fledglings back in their nest, Franklin and his whistle, the midnight ride, the shepherd-boy who became a painter, Solomon and the bees. Baldwin was an American schoolmaster who wrote readers used in half the schools...
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James Baldwin (1841-1925) was an American educator and author born in Indiana, a schoolmaster who became a textbook editor and wrote or edited over a hundred books. His retellings of the epics were school reading for decades. His works include The Story of Siegfried, The Story of Roland, A Story of the Golden Age, and The Sampo.
James Baldwin (1841-1925) was an American educator and author born in Indiana, a schoolmaster who became a textbook editor and wrote or edited over a hundred books. His retellings of the epics were school reading for decades. His works include The Story of Siegfried, The Story of Roland, A Story ...
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