![]() ![]() R.v.R., 1930 (Fictional Biography of Rembrandt).Life and Times of Peter Stuyvesant, 1928.Ancient man the beginning of civilizations, 1920. ![]() "The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators", 1917.It really does not matter very much." (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)Ī partial list of books by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, with first publication dates. He also had an informal style which, particularly in The Story of Mankind, included personal anecdotes.Īsked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest "I still stick to the Dutch pronunciation of the double o- Loon like loan in 'Loan and Trust Co.' My sons will probably accept the American pronunciation. 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. He went on to write many other very popular books aimed at young adults. He later became a professor of history at Cornell University (1915-17) and in 1919 became an American citizen.ĭuring the 1920s Van Loon wrote many books, most notably The Story of Mankind, a history of the world especially for children which won the first Newbery Medal in 1922. ![]() ![]() He was a correspondent during the Russian Revolution of 1905 and in Belgium in 1914 at the start of World War I. Born in Rotterdam, he came to the United States in 1903 to study at Cornell University. ![]()
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