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Hendrik Willem Van Loon
The Story of Mankind (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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This history of the world for young readers, published in 1921, won the first Newbery Medal for outstanding contribution to children’s literature in 1922. Beginning with primitive man, Van Loon sets out to trace the various strands of civilization, from art to agriculture to religion, focusing on the importance of singular events and individuals.

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Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882-1944) was a Dutch-American writer and journalist. Born in Rotterdam, he became an American citizen in 1919. As a journalist, he covered the Russian Revolution of 1905 and the start of World War I. He wrote a number of well-received children’s books, many of which he illustrated himself.

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