Fifty Famous People: A Book of Short Stories. James Baldwin

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       James Baldwin

      Fifty Famous People: A Book of Short Stories

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664127990

      Table of Contents

       SAVING THE BIRDS

       SAVING THE BIRDS

       ANOTHER BIRD STORY

       SPEAKING A PIECE

       WRITING A COMPOSITION

       THE WHISTLE

       THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD

       II

       THE CALIPH AND THE POET

       "BECOS! BECOS! BECOS!"

       A LESSON IN HUMILITY

       THE MIDNIGHT RIDE

       THE BOY AND THE WOLF

       ANOTHER WOLF STORY

       II

       THE HORSESHOE NAILS

       II

       THE LANDLORD'S MISTAKE

       A LESSON IN MANNERS

       GOING TO SEA

       THE SHEPHERD-BOY PAINTER

       TWO GREAT PAINTERS

       THE KING AND THE BEES

       OUR FIRST GREAT PAINTER

       THE YOUNG SCOUT

       THE LAD WHO RODE SIDESADDLE

       THE WHISPERERS

       HOW A PRINCE LEARNED TO READ

       II

       "READ, AND YOU WILL KNOW"

       THE YOUNG CUPBEARER

       II

       III

       THE SONS OF THE CALIPH

       THE BOY AND THE ROBBERS

       A LESSON IN JUSTICE

       THE GENERAL AND THE FOX

       THE BOMB

       A STORY OF OLD ROME

       SAVED BY A DOLPHIN

       "LITTLE BROTHERS OF THE AIR"

       A CLEVER SLAVE

       ONE OF AESOP'S FABLES

       THE DARK DAY

       THE SURLY GUEST

       III

       THE STORY OF A GREAT STORY

       THE KING AND THE PAGE

       THE HUNTED KING

       "TRY, TRY AGAIN!"

       WHY HE CARRIED THE TURKEY

       THE PADDLE-WHEEL BOAT

       THE CALIPH AND THE GARDENER

       THE COWHERD WHO BECAME A POET

       II

       THE