{"id":4406,"date":"2019-09-06T23:08:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T23:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=4406"},"modified":"2025-03-23T03:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T03:30:08","slug":"fifty-famous-stories-retold-by-james-baldwin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/fifty-famous-stories-retold-by-james-baldwin\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Famous Stories Retold"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fifty Famous Stories Retold<\/strong><\/h3>\n

by James Baldwin<\/p>\n

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Description:  <\/span>Includes fifty legendary tales depicting certain romantic episodes in the lives of well-known heroes and famous men, or in the history of a people. Children naturally take a deep interest in such stories. The reading of them will not only give pleasure but will lay the foundation for broader literary studies, as nearly all are the subjects of frequent allusions in poetry and prose.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ages:  <\/strong>6-9<\/em>Length: <\/strong><\/span> <\/span>186 pages<\/span><\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Paperback, Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/strong> Black and white<\/span><\/em>Year published:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2005<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>ISBN:<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span><\/span>978-1-59915-006-2<\/em>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>History, World History<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. King Alfred and the Cakes 2. King Alfred and the Beggar 3. King Canute on the Seashore 4. The Sons of William the Conqueror 5. The White Ship 6. King John and the Abbott 7. A Story of Robin Hood 8. Bruce and the Spider 9. The Black Douglas 10. Three Men of Gotham 11. Other Wise Men of Gotham 12. The Miller of the Dee 13. Sir Philip Sidney 14. Ungrateful Soldier 15. Sir Humphrey Gilbert 16. Sir Walter Raleigh 17. Pocahontas 18. George Washington and His Hatchet 19. Grace Darling 20. The Story of William Tell 21. Arnold Winkelried 22. The Bell of Atri 23. How Napoleon Crossed the Alps 24. The Story of Cincinnatus 25. The Story of Regulus <\/em><\/p>\n

26. Cornelia’s Jewels 27. Androclus and the Lion 28. Horatius at the Bridge 29. Julius C\u00e6sar 30. The Sword of Damocles 31. Damon and Pythias 32. A Laconic Answer 33. The Ungrateful Guest 34. Alexander and Bucephalus 35. Diogenes the Wise Man 36. The Brave Three Hundred 37. Socrates and His House 38. The King and His Hawk 39. Doctor Goldsmith 40. The Kingdoms 41. The Barmecide Feast 42. The Endless Tale 43. The Blind Men and the Elephant 44. Maximilian and the Goose Boy 45. The Inchcape Rock 46. Whittington and His Cat 47. Casabianca 48. Antonio Canova 49. Picciola 50. Mignon<\/em><\/p>\n

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