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The Story of Mankind
by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
About this book
Creators: Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1882-1944) "The Story of Mankind" by Hendrik Willem Van Loon is a history book published in 1921. Written for Van Loon's children, it traces Western civilization from primitive humans through the development of writing, art, and religion to the modern nation-state. Van Loon included only events he deemed essential to understanding civilization's trajectory. The book won the first-ever Newbery Medal in 1922, recognizing its outstanding contribution to children's literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 66.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 2476