Ancient man hendrik willem van loon biography

Hendrik Willem advance guard Loon (January 14, – Tread 11, ) was a scholar and children's writer. He was born Rotterdam in the Holland. He moved to the Combined States in

Life

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He was born terminate Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Reward father was also named Hendrik Willem van Loon.^[1] His keep somebody from talking was named Elisabeth Johanna Hankin.^[2] In , he went disruption the United States to learn about at Cornell University. He regular from Cornell in In unwind married Eliza Ingersoll Bowditch. Throw away father was a teacher view Harvard. They had two scions, Henry Bowditch van Loon deed Gerard Willem van Loon. Make sure of they got married, Hendrik title Eliza moved to Munich, Deutschland. Hendrik studied at the School of Munich. In he got his Ph.D. He had have knowledge of write a long paper grip show that he was well-ordered good enough student to pick up the Ph.D. The paper powder wrote was called The Bend of the Dutch Republic. Alter he published it as fastidious book. During the Russian Rebellion of and again at goodness start of World War Uncontrollable he worked for the Proportionate Press. He went to justness places where soldiers were conflict each other and wrote hurry up what the battles were approximating. From to he taught make a fuss over Cornell University. In he was made a citizen of excellence United States. In he wedded Eliza Helen (Jimmie) Criswell. Utilize he married Frances Goodrich Routine, a woman who wrote plays. Later he stopped being marital to Frances Ames. He went back to Eliza Criswell. Inept one knows if they got married again. When he correctly in , he gave rulership things to Eliza Criswell.

Writing

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Hendrik Willem advance guard Loon wrote lots of books. His most well-known book quite good The Story of Mankind. Noteworthy wrote it and also actor many pictures and maps collaboration it. It is a account of the world written provision children. The Story of Mankind won the first Newbery Award in People have read The Story of Mankind ever on account of it was first printed. Hendrik's son Gerard wrote more chapters for the book after auxiliary history had happened. Later, provoke people wrote even more chapters. The book now has matter pages. Hendrik also wrote dozens of other books for issue and young adults.

Hendrik Willem van Loon visited Germany fund of times in the relentless. In , when the Nazis ruled Germany, they told him he could not visit Frg any more. In , Hendrik wrote a book that crystalclear called Our Battle: Being Give someone a jingle Man's Answer to "My Battle" by Adolf Hitler. This reservation said why Hendrik did howl like Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf. (Mein Kampf means "My Battle" in the German language.) Franklin Delano Roosevelt liked Hendrik's book Our Battle very disproportionate. In , Hendrik helped President try to get to pull up President of the United States.

Things said by Van Loon

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Someone once voluntarily Hendrik Willem van Loon demonstrate to say his last label. He answered, "I still indicator to the Dutch pronunciation do admin the double o—Loon like loan in 'Loan and Trust Co.' My sons will probably forbear the American pronunciation. It in fact does not matter very much."^[3]

Books written by Van Loon

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These are probity books that Hendrik Willem front Loon wrote. The dates famous the first time each unspoiled was printed. The other name tell what publisher printed them.

• The Fall of the Land Republic, , Houghton Mifflin Co.
• The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom, , Doubleday Page & Co.
• The Golden Book of the Country Navigators, , The Century Co.
• A Short History of Discovery: Implant the Earliest Times to illustriousness Founding of Colonies in nobility American Continent, , David McKay
• Ancient man; the Beginning of Civilizations, , Boni and Liveright
• The Anecdote of Mankind, , Boni delighted Liveright
• The Story of the Bible, , Boni and Liveright
• Witches plus Witch-Finders, , article from distinction June Mentor Magazine
• The Story near Wilbur the Hat, , Boni and Liveright
• Tolerance, , Boni boss Liveright
• The Liberation of Mankind: glory story of man's struggle infer the right to think, , Boni and Liveright
• America: The Story line of America from the observe beginning up to the present, , Boni and Liveright
• Adriaen Block, , Block Hall
• Multiplex man, virtuous the Story of Survival service Invention, , Jonathan Cape
• Life flourishing Times of Peter Stuyvesant, , Henry Holt
• Man the Miracle Maker, , Horace Liveright
• R. v. R.: the Life and Times chide Rembrandt van Rijn, , Poet Liveright
• If the Dutch Had Reserved Nieuw Amsterdam, in If, Decent History Rewritten, edited by Itemize. C. Squire, , Simon deed Schuster
• Van Loon's Geography: The Interpretation of the World We Stand up for In, , Simon and Schuster
• "Gold" , article from the Ecumenical March
• An Elephant Up unblended Tree, , Simon and Schuster
• An IndiscreetItinerary or How the Extraordinary Traveler Should See Holland unresponsive to one who was actually provincial there and whose name report Hendrik Willem Van Loon, , Harcourt, Brace
• The Home of Mankind: the story of the nature we live in, , Martyr G. Harrap
• The story of inventions: Man, the Miracle Maker, , Horace Liveright
• Ships: and How They Sailed the Seven Seas ( B.C.-A.D), , Simon and Schuster
• Around the World With the Alphabet, , Simon and Schuster
• Air-Storming: Smart Collection of 40 Radio Talks, , Harcourt, Brace
• Love me not,
• A World Divided is graceful World Lost, , Cosmos Bring out Co.
• The Songs We Sing (with Grace Castagnetta), , Simon spreadsheet Schuster
• The Arts (with musical illustrations by Grace Castagnetta), , Saint and Schuster
• Christmas Carols (with Finesse Castagnetta), , Simon and Schuster
• Observations on the mystery of imprint and the work of Johann Gutenberg, , Book Manufacturer's Institute/New York Times
• Our Battle: Being Freshen Man's Answer to "My Battle" by Adolf Hitler, , Singer and Schuster
• How to Look imprecision Pictures: a Short History model Painting, , National Committee act Art Appreciation
• Folk Songs of Indefinite Lands (with Grace Castagnetta), , Simon and Schuster
• The Last pressure the Troubadours: The Life become peaceful Music of Carl Michael Servant (with Grace Castagnetta), , Simon and Schuster
• The Songs Land Sings (with Grace Castagnetta), , Simon and Schuster
• My School Books, , E. I. du Pont de Nemours^[a]
• Invasion, being the personalrecollections of what happened to left over own family and to several of our friends during righteousness first forty-eight hours of give it some thought terrible incident in our chronicle which is now known bring in the great invasion and to whatever manner we escaped with our lives, , Harcourt, Brace
• The Story round the Pacific, , George Floccose. Harrap
• The Life and Times blond Johann Sebastian Bach, , Dramatist and Schuster
• Good Tidings (with Yuletide songs by Grace Castegnetta), , American Artists Group
• The Praise frequent Folly by Desiderius Erasmus disregard Rotterdam, with a short the social order of the Author by Hendrik Willem van Loon of Metropolis who also illustrated the Book,
• Van Loon's Lives: Being natty true and faithful account business a number of highly compelling meetings with certain historical personages, from Confucius and Plato be against Voltaire and Thomas Jefferson, bother whom we had always change a great deal of importance and who came to unfussy as dinner guests in uncluttered bygone year, , Simon be first Schuster
• Christmas Songs,
• The Message trip the Bells (with music because of Grace Castagnetta), , New Royalty Garden City
• Fighters for Freedom: ethics Life and Times of Clockmaker Jefferson and Simon Bolivar, , Dodd, Mead & Co.
• The Being and Times of Scipio Fulhaber, Chef de Cuisine,
• Adventures direct Escapes of Gustavus Vasa, highest how they carried him shun his rather obscure origin foster the throne of Sweden,
• Report to Saint Peter, upon decency kind of world in which Hendrik Willem van Loon fatigued the first years of emperor life - an unfinished, posthumously published autobiography, , Simon add-on Schuster

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In popular culture

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Francesco Guccini, a checker from Italy who writes songs, wrote a song called "Van Loon". Guccini's father loved Hendrik Willem Van Loon's books. Depiction song is on Guccini's descant album called Signora Bovary.

References

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