Fifty famous stories retold. By: James Baldwin (1841-1925) / ILLUSTRATED / Children's book

Author of inspirational biographies and surveys of literature for young people. James Baldwin (1841-1925) was born in Indiana, United States and made a career as an educator and administrator in that state starting at the age of 24. He served as the superintendent of Indiana's school system for eighteen years and then went on to become a widely published textbook editor and children's author in the subjects of legends, mythology, biography, and literature, among others.