Fifty Famous People - Softcover

Baldwin, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1517495806 ISBN 13: 9781517495800

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Baldwin was self-educated and one of the most prolific writers of school books for children in the 20th century. This is a collection of stories highlighting the characteristics of some of America's most famous people, from Abraham Lincoln to Robert E. Lee.

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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.

James Baldwin was one of the most prolific authors of school books for children at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. In addition to the Baldwin Readers (1897), he co-authored the Harper Readers (1888) and the Expressive Readers (1911). He wrote over thirty books about famous people in history and retold classical stories.

His publications numbered 54 volumes. It is estimated that 26 million copies of his works sold worldwide, including China and Indonesia. A self-educated man, he became a school superintendent before working as an editor for Harper's and later for the American Book Company.

He wrote more than fifty books, the most famous of which include Fifty Famous Stories Retold (1896) and Abraham Lincoln, a True Life (1904).

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1517495806
• ISBN 13: 9781517495800
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112