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The Story of Mankind is a book written and illustrated by Dutch-American journalist, professor, and author Hendrik Willem van Loon. It was published in 1921. In 1922, it was awarded the Newbery Medal for an outstanding contribution to children's literature. This was the first year the Newbery Medal was awarded.
From the 1910s until his death, Van Loon wrote many books, illustrating them himself. Best remembered among these is The Story of Mankind (1921), a history of the world intended for children, which won the first Newbery Medal in 1922. The book was later updated by Van Loon, then again by his son, and later still by other historians. [13]
The Story of Mankind is a 1957 American dark fantasy film, loosely based on the nonfiction book The Story of Mankind (1921) by Hendrik Willem van Loon. [1] The film was directed and coproduced by Irwin Allen and released by Warner Bros. [2] In the film, the fate of humanity is decided in a court of law.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The Story of Mankind (film) T. ... The Unhappy Favourite; V. Van Loon's Lives; The Virgin Queen (TV serial) The Virgin's Lover ...
In the 1920s, several best-sellers dealt with the history of the world, including surveys The Story of Mankind (1921) by Hendrik Willem van Loon and The Outline of History (1918) by H. G. Wells. Influential writers who have reached wide audiences include H. G. Wells , Oswald Spengler , Arnold J. Toynbee , Pitirim Sorokin , Carroll Quigley ...
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... The Story of Mankind (1921) by Hendrik van Loon, 1st Newbery Award winner (from Children's literature)
Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...