Enhance your purchase. The Story of Mankind was written and illustrated by Dutch-American journalist, professor, and author Hendrik Willem van Loon and published in In , 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 /5(53). The Story of Mankind by Van Loon, Hendrik. Cardinal GC Series. New York: Pocket Books, Inc., first edition thus. GC-5 good - very good paperback. HENDRIK WILLEM VAN LOON. The Story of Mankind HIGH Up in the North in the land called Svithjod, there stands a rock. It is a hundred miles high and a hundred miles wide. Once every thousand years a little bird comes to this rock to sharpen its beak. When the rock has thus been worn away, then a single day of eternity will have gone by.
Hendrik Willem van Loon: Illustrations from The Story of Mankind. Although he is hardly remembered today, at one time in the early twentieth century Hendrik Willem van Loon () was an international celebrity. It is difficult to find parallels to him: he was at once an author who also illustrated his own books (as well as the works of. By Hendrik Van Loon, Ph.D. Professor of the Social Sciences in Antioch College. Author of The Fall of the Dutch Republic, The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom, The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators, A Short Story of Discovery, Ancient Man. Hendrik Willem van Loon Hendrik Willem van Loon (Janu-Ma), a Dutch-American author and illustrator, was the first winner of the Newbery Medal for The Story of bltadwin.ru was beloved by the public during his lifetime as an engaging, energetic interpreter of the arts and humanities.
The Story of The Story of Mankind. Hendrik Willem van Loon was destined to be a popularizer. After graduating from Cornell University, van Loon worked as a journalist for the Associated Press in Russia and Poland, before pursuing his PhD in history at the University of Munich. While writing his dissertation, van Loon chafed at the dry conventions of academic prose (which he found dull and lifeless) and sought instead to write as he did as a journalist: in clear, engaging prose that was. The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon was the first book to be awarded the Newbery Medal for an outstanding contribution to children's literature. Written for his grandchildren, The Story of Mankind intermingles personal anecdotes with the history of Western civilization, covering the development of writing, art, and architecture, the rise of major religions, and the formation of the modern nation-state. First published in and awarded the first Newbery Medal of , "The Story of Mankind" follows the history of western civilization from prehistoric times to the early 20th century. Van Loon both wrote and illustrated this book, which he wrote for his grandchildren, in such a way that children would be learning in an entertaining way.
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