Fifty Famous People: A Book of Short Stories

Abraham Lincoln, Robert E Lee, Edward Everett, Henry Longfellow, Benjamin Franklin, James Hogg, Al Mansour, Psammeticus, Haroun al-Raschid, Paul Revere, Marquis de Lafayette, Israel Putnam, Richard III & Henry of England, Thomas Jefferson, Jonathan Swift, George Washington, Giotto & Cimabue, Zeuxis & Parrhasius, Solomon & the Queen of Sheba, Benjamin West, Andrew Jackson, Daniel Webster, Elihu Burritt, Alfred the Great, William Jones, Cyrus the Great, Al Mamoun, Otanes, Alexander the Great, Aristomenes, Charles XII of Sweden, Coriolanus, Arion, St Francis, Aesop, Abraham Davenport, John Randolph, Alexander Selkirk, Frederick the Great, Robert the Bruce, Tamarlane, John Marshall, Robert Fulton, Al Mansour (again), Caedmon, Guatama, Louis XIV of France, Henry IV of France, and the Seven Wise Men of Greece.
 
These are short anecdotes of apochryphal episodes in the lives listed. They’re well told, rand make for excellent bedside reading for a young person who’s just starting to enjoy reading for themselves.