Fifty Famous Stories Retold: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Fifty Famous Stories Retold, credited to James Baldwin, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

Librivox recording of Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin. Read by Laura Caldwell. Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a collection of short stories that give a snapshot into the life of a legendary hero or an event in history. Hear how Alexander the Great tamed Bucephalus, the kindness of Doctor Goldsmith, William Tell, George Washington and his hatchet, King Alfred as well as many other interesting tales. (Summary by Laura Caldwell) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Fifty Famous Stories Retold
• Author credits: James Baldwin
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 51
• Listed recording duration: 3:18:37

Catalogue topics

• children
• historical fiction
• short stories

Opening tracks: first 24 of 51

1. 00- Concerning These Stories — 3:08
2. 01- King Alfred and the Cakes — 3:35
3. 02- King Alfred and the Beggar — 3:49
4. 03- King Canute on the Seashore — 3:08
5. 04- The Sons of William the Conqueror — 5:24
6. 05- The White Ship — 5:15
7. 06- King John and the Abbot — 7:24
8. 07- A Story of Robin Hood — 5:57
9. 08- Bruce and the Spider — 2:36
10. 09- The Black Douglas — 3:59
11. 10- Three Men of Gotham — 2:22
12. 11- Other Wise Men of Gotham — 5:27
13. 12-The Miller of the Dee — 2:38
14. 13- Sir Philip Sidney — 2:12
15. 14- The Ungrateful Soldier — 2:17
16. 15- Sir Humphrey Gilbert — 1:56
17. 16- Sir Walter Raleigh — 4:38
18. 17- Pocahontas — 2:12
19. 18- George Washington and His Hatchet — 1:50
20. 19- Grace Darling — 3:39
21. 20- The Story of William Tell — 3:03
22. 21- Arnold Winklereid — 3:20
23. 22- The Bell of Atri — 7:41
24. 23- How Napolean Crossed the Alps — 1:47

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