Thirty more famous stories retold

Baldwin, James, 1841-1925.

1905, Book , 235 pages : Item available at Osborne Collection.

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2573398

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Summary/Review: Presents thirty well-known stories involving such figures as Romulus and Remus, Christopher Columbus, Johann Gutenberg, King John, Hannibal, Balboa, A more...

Summary/Review: Presents thirty well-known stories involving such figures as Romulus and Remus, Christopher Columbus, Johann Gutenberg, King John, Hannibal, Balboa, Archimedes, Galileo, James Watt, Julius Caesar, Ulysses, and Penelope.

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Publication information:	New York ; Cincinnati ; Chicago : American Book Company, c1905.
Language:	English
Record ID:	2573398
Format:	Regular Print Book
Physical description:	235 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Date acquired:	October 29, 2009
More creator details:	by James Baldwin.
Contents note:	Columbus and the egg -- "Upon a peak in Darien" - first story -- "Upon a peak in Darian" - second story -- The fountain of youth -- "Eureka!" -- Galileo and the lamps -- Sir Isaac Newton and the apple -- The first printer -- John Gutenberg and the voices -- James Watt and the teakettle -- Dr. Johnson and his father -- Webster and the woodchuck -- Friar Bacon and the brazen head -- "As rich as Crœsus" -- The gordian knot -- Why Alexander wept -- King Richard and Blondel -- King John and Prince Arthur -- King John and the Magna Charta -- Frederick Barbarossa -- The man in the iron mask -- The fall of Troy -- Penelope's web -- How Rome was founded -- How Decius Mus saved Rome -- "Delenda est Carthago" -- Hannibal, the hero of Carthage -- Crossing the Rubicon -- The white-headed Zal -- Peter Klaus the goatherd.
Access restriction:	FOR USE IN OSBORNE COLLECTION ONLY. NOT AVAILABLE FOR INTERLOAN.

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