Fifty Famous Stories Retold

Written by James Baldwin

Narrated by Bobbie Frohman

Fifty legendary stories of heroism are retold in a short form for young people. Baldwin's tales tell of valor, bravery, and kindness as well as high adventure. Fifty Famous Stories Retold include:

1. King Alfred and the Cakes
2. King Alfred and the Beggar
3. King Canute of the seashore
4. The Sons of William the Conqueror
5. The White Ship
6. King John and the Abbot
7. The Story of Robin Hood
8. Bruce and the Spider
9. The Black Douglas
10. The 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 Winkelreid
22. The Bell of Atre
23. How Napoleon Crossed the Alps
24. The Story of Cininnatus
25. The Story of Regulus
26. Cornelia's Jewels
27. Androclus and the Lion
28. Horatius at the Bridge
29. Julius Caesar
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

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alcazar Audio Works
• Release date: Jan 1, 2007
• ISBN: 9780986007507

James Baldwin

James Baldwin (1841-1925) was an American textbook editor and author who had enormous influence in the publication of grammar and history textbooks at the beginning of the twentieth century. Born into a Quaker family in rural Indiana, he was largely self-educated. After publishing his first work, The Story of Siegfried (1882) he wrote more than fifty books, including Old Greek Stories (1895) and Fifty Famous Stories Retold (1895).

Reviews for Fifty Famous Stories Retold

[ElizabethSeiler344 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Da best

[elizajane_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a collection of stories or "tales" that have been told over and over again throughout the centuries and unfortunately they are not as popular as they once were. Some of the tales are about real-life people and some are fictional heroes. Some are true and some are not, but the point is, each tells the tale of someone brave and heroic giving the reader a life-lesson without being didactic. Yes, there are some well-known tales such as some Greek myths, Sir Walter Raleigh, Pocahontas, and the fabricated yet well-told story of George Washington and the apple tree. Most of the stories however will be unknown to today's generation and I, myself, was only familiar with about half of them.The stories focus is world wide, there are only a couple of American tales. Most come from England (such as King Alfred), then lots of Greek and Roman tales (though not many myths). Also featured are tales of explorers, sailors, William Tell, Napoleon, King Alfred, Robin Hood, Alexander the Great, Socrates and many others, many of whom I had not heard before.Each story has one illustration, probably an engraving from the time period, artists' name are on some but they are too tiny to really read. James Baldwin writes for children in a easy storyteller mode often speaking directly to the reader. The 8yo and I enjoyed the stories just as much. I enjoyed finding tales I'd never heard before and he loved the swashbuckling tales of heroes. As in Baldwin's opening sentence in the Introduction these are tales which we should not let fade from our society. Some are still around today, but many are fading fast. Recommended! The independent publishers Yesterday's Classics have reprinted many of Baldwin's books and I intend on getting more. They also have a wide catalogue of late 19th century children's books.

[momma2_2 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

We enjoyed this compilation of short stories although we read them in historical order instead of from start to finish. We also enjoyed fact checking the stories to find out if they were legend or real. A good read.