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Fifty Famous People

Fifty Famous People

Fifty Famous People

James Baldwin

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Editorial:
Standard Publications
Año de edición:
2008
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781438506661
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James Baldwin was an American educator and administrator. After his career as an educator he began writing on such topics as legends, mythology, biography, and literature. Fifty Famous People is comprised of short stories about people, some more famous than others. The stories cannot be strictly called biographical but there is truth in each of them. Each person has had a lasting influence and an ethical lesson can be found in each story. Baldwin also wrote Fifty Famous Stories Retold.

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