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Book Title
Story of Mankind (1921) , by Hendrik Willem Van Loon (Illustrated) : World History
Publication Name
The Story of Mankind (1921), by Hendrik Willem van Loon (illustra
Title
The Story of Mankind (1921), by Hendrik Willem van Loon (illustra
Subtitle
World history
Author
Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
1533113270
EAN
9781533113276
ISBN
9781533113276
Publisher
CreateSpace
Genre
Fiction
Release Date
05/05/2016
Release Year
2016
Language
English
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
8 in
Item Weight
26.9 Oz
Publication Year
2016
Topic
General
Number of Pages
306 Pages

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The Story of Mankind was written and illustrated by Dutch-American journalist, professor, and author Hendrik Willem van Loon and published in 1921. In 1922, it was the first book to be awarded the Newbery Medal for an outstanding contribution to children's literature. Written for his children (Hansje and Willem), The Story of Mankind tells in brief chapters the history of western civilization beginning with primitive man, covering the development of writing, art, and architecture, the rise of major religions, and the formation of the modern nation-state. Van Loon explains in the book how he selected what and what not to include by subjecting all materials to the question: Did the person or event in question perform an act without which the entire history of civilization would have been different? After its first edition, Van Loon had another edition published later in the 1920s which included an extra essay, called "After Seven Years" about the effects of World War I. Since Van Loon's death in 1944, The Story of Mankind has been added to extensively by his son, Gerrit van Loon. Hendrik Willem van Loon (January 14, 1882 - March 11, 1944) was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and award-winning children's book author. He was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the son of Hendrik Willem van Loon and Elisabeth Johanna Hanken. He went to the United States in 1902 to study at Cornell University, receiving his degree in 1905. In 1906 he married Eliza Ingersoll Bowditch (1880-1955), daughter of a Harvard professor, by whom he had two sons, Henry Bowditch and Gerard Willem. The newlyweds moved to Germany, where van Loon received his Ph.D. from the University of Munich in 1911 with a dissertation that became his first book, The Fall of the Dutch Republic (1913). He was a correspondent for the Associated Press during the Russian Revolution of 1905 and again in Belgium in 1914 at the start of World War I. He lectured at Cornell University from 1915 to 1917; in 1919 he became an American citizen. Van Loon had two later marriages, to Eliza Helen (Jimmie) Criswell 5] in 1920 and playwright Frances Goodrich Ames in 1927, but after a divorce from Ames he returned to Criswell (it is debatable whether or not they remarried); she inherited his estate in 1944.

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ISBN-10
1533113270
ISBN-13
9781533113276
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Story of Mankind (1921) , by Hendrik Willem Van Loon (Illustrated) : World History
Author
Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
306 Pages

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Item Length
10 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
8 in
Item Weight
26.9 Oz

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