Fifty Famous People: A Book of Short Stories is a book which narrates the important events of world’s famous people which showed their character. This book is written by the American author James Baldwin, who is ed for his contributions to the literary world in the form of novels, essays, poems and plays. His notable works include Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, Blues for Mister Charlie, Just Above My Head, and A Rap on Race.

This book is written not in a biographical work, though it narrates the real life incidents occurred in the world’s most famous people, narrated as a short story and each of them conveys a message of moral. Some of the personalities covered in this book include Greece Fabulist Aesop, King England Alfred the Great, Indian Prince Gautama, General Lafayette, United States President Abraham Lincoln, England Author Daniel Defoe, and many more.

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