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Fifty Famous People

by James Baldwin

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  1. 1Prefatory Note
  2. 2Saving the Birds
  3. 3Speaking a Piece
  4. 4Writing a Composition
  5. 5The Whistle
  6. 6The Ettrick Shepherd
  7. 7The Caliph and the Poet
  8. 8“Becos! Becos! Becos!”
  9. 9A Lesson in Humility
  10. 10The Midnight Ride
  11. 11The Boy and the Wolf
  12. 12Another Wolf Story
  13. 13The Horseshoe Nails
  14. 14The Landlord’s Mistake
  15. 15A Lesson in Manners
  16. 16Going to Sea
  17. 17The Shepherd-Boy Painter
  18. 18Two Great Painters
  19. 19The King and the Bees
  20. 20Our First Great Painter
  21. 21The Young Scout
  22. 22The Lad Who Rode Sidesaddle
  23. 23The Whisperers
  24. 24How a Prince Learned to Read
  25. 25“Read, and You Will Know”
  26. 26The Young Cupbearer
  27. 27The Sons of the Caliph
  28. 28The Boy and the Robbers
  29. 29The General and the Fox
  30. 30The Bomb
  31. 31Saved by a Dolphin
  32. 32A Clever Slave
  33. 33One of Aesop’s Fables
  34. 34The Dark Day
  35. 35The Surly Guest
  36. 36The Story of a Great Story
  37. 37The King and the Page
  38. 38The Hunted King
  39. 39Why He Carried the Turkey
  40. 40The Paddle-Wheel Boat
  41. 41The Caliph and the Gardener
  42. 42The Cowherd Who Became a Poet
  43. 43The Lover of Men
  44. 44The Charcoal Man and the King
  45. 45Which Was the King?
  46. 46The Golden Tripod
  47. 47Fifty Famous People

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