Hendrik Willem van Loon

• 1913
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Hendrik Willem van Loon (January 14, 1882 â€" 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[1] and Elisabeth Johanna Hank...

• 1916
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Hendrik Willem van Loon (January 14, 1882 â€" 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....

• Sep-2009
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• May-2016
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Van Loon was a Dutch/American historian. His The Story of Mankind, a history of the world especially for children won the first Newbery Medal in 1922. Van Loon's writing style is full of antidotes and a casual delivery suited to young readers. The Am...

• Nov-2018
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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 chil...

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" ...] History on the other hand jumps from "a" to "z" and then back to "f" and next to "m" without any apparent respect for neatness and order. There is a good reason for this. History is not exactly a science. It tells the story of the human race a...

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Hendrik Willem van Loon (January 14, 1882 â€" 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....

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The inimitable style of Hendrik Willem van Loon, the renowned early-20th-century popularizer of all things historical, is at its best in this 1917 book for children. His language is more than merely simple and readable: he brings to life distant time...