Four Great Americans is an introduction to four of the greatest Americans; George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln. The stories of each give insight into the trials and successes which helped mold their character and create the successes they eventual became. James Baldwin was an educator and administrator serving as the superintendent of Indiana's school system for eighteen years. He was a widely published textbook editor and children's author of legends, mythology, biography, and literature writing ovef fifty books including Fifty Famous Stories Retold and Abraham Lincoln, a True Life.