It’s hard for me to talk about a book without giving too much away, so for these Newbery winners, I think I will stick to a format.

I’ve never been a great book review writer. My journey through the Newbery winners begins here with the Story of Mankind. He also had an informal style which, particularly in The Story of Mankind, included personal anecdotes. As a writer he was known for emphasizing crucial historical events and giving a complete picture of individual characters, as well as the role of the arts in history. However, he also wrote many other very popular books aimed at young adults. The book was later updated by Van Loon and has continued to be updated, first by his son and later by other historians. Most widely known among these is The Story of Mankind, a history of the world especially for children, which won the first Newbery Medal in 1922. He later became a professor of history at Cornell University (1915-17) and in 1919 became an American citizen.įrom the 1910s until his death, Van Loon wrote many books. He was a correspondent during the Russian Revolution of 1905 and in Belgium in 1914 at the start of World War I. The artwork used for the cover is 'Map of the heavens and the earth' by an unknown artist.Hendrik Willem van Loon (Janu– March 11, 1944) was a Dutch-American historian and journalist.īorn in Rotterdam, he went to the United States in 1903 to study at Cornell University. Production notes: This ebook of The Story of Mankind was published by Global Grey on the 27th June 2022.

This book has 124,442 words, 217 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1921. The Story of Mankind was awarded the 1922 Newbery Medal for an outstanding contribution to children's literature. In the book, Van Loon explains how he used the question: 'Did the person or event in question perform an act without which the entire history of civilization would have been different?' to select what and what not to include. Beginning with primitive man, the author takes us through the major developments such as writing, art, and architecture, as well as the rise of the major religions and the formation of the modern states. Originally published in 1921, the book consists of brief chapters that explore the history of Western civilisation. The Story of Mankind is a children's book by Dutch-American author Hendrik Willem van Loon. The Story of Mankind Hendrik Willem Van LoonĪvailable to download for free in PDF, epub, and Kindle (mobi and AZW3) ebook formats. Buy the entire collection (over 2,400 ebooks) for only £15.

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