The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
"The Story of Mankind" by Hendrik Willem Van Loon is a book published in 1921. Written for his children, this illustrated history traces Western civilization from primitive humans through the development of writing, art, architecture, and religion to the modern nation-state. Van Loon includes only those people and events that fundamentally altered civilization's course. The book won the inaugural Newbery Medal in 1922 for outstanding children's literature. (This is an automatically generated
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| Author | Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944 |
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| Title | The Story of Mankind |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Mankind |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 66.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere |
| Subject | World history |
| Subject | World history -- Juvenile literature |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 46399 |
| Release Date | Jul 24, 2014 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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