Hendrik Willem Van Loon

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1) The story of mankind

Author

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

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IL: UG - BL: 9.9 - AR Pts: 34

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English

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Originally written in 1921 for the author's grandchildren, Hendrik Willem van Loon's The Story of Mankind has charmed generations with its warmth, simplicity, and wisdom. Rather than the dry recitation of events so common in school textbooks, van Loon's witty, amiable tone animates the story of human history as a grand and perpetually unfolding adventure. Beginning with the origins of human life and sweeping forward to illuminate all of history, van...

2) The story of the Bible

Author

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

Language

English

3) R. v. R., the life of Rembrandt van Rijn

Author

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

Language

English

4) History with a match: being an account of the earliest navigators and the discovery of America

Author

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

Publisher

David McKay

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English

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This book is not intended to give children all the facts about all the events of all the earliest discoveries of Greenland, Iceland, and America.

5) The message of the bells: or, What happened to us on Christmas eve

Author

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

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Language

English

6) Van Loon's Lives: being a true and faithful account of a number of highly interesting meetings with certain historical personages, from Confucius and Plato to Voltaire and Thomas Jefferson, about...

Author

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Pub. Date

1942.

Language

English

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Biography.

7) Ships and how they sailed the seven seas (5000 B.C.-A.D.1935)

Author

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Pub. Date

1935

Language

English

8) Air-storming: a collection of 40 radio talks delivered by Hendrik Willem Van Loon over the stations of the National broadcasting company

Author

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

Publisher

Harcourt, Brace and company

Pub. Date

[c1935]

Language

English

9) The story of Wilbur the hat: being a true account of the strange things which sometimes happen in a part of the world which does not exist

Author

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

Publisher

H. B. Liveright

Pub. Date

1925

Language

English

10) Re: An elephant up a tree: This is the true story of Sir John, or why the elephants decided to remain elephants

Author

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

Publisher

[Simon and Schuster]

Pub. Date

Language

English

11) The life and times of Johann Sebastian Bach

Author

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Pub. Date

1940

Language

English

12) Van Loon's geography: the story of the world we live in

Author

Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Pub. Date

1932.

Language

English

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On the inside of the wrapper is a map of the world, drawn by Van Loon. London edition (G.G. Harrap and Company, ltd.) has title: The home of mankind; the story of the world we live inches.