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Hendrik Willem Van Loon - The Story of Mankind (Updated Edition)  (Liveright Classics) - 9780871408655 - V9780871408655
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The Story of Mankind (Updated Edition) (Liveright Classics)

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Description for The Story of Mankind (Updated Edition) (Liveright Classics) Paperback. "Remains a marvel: a sparkling, erudite, idiosyncratic tour through the human experience.. What a pageant this charming narrator continues to offer us!"-Wall Street Journal Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages, 177 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 634.
Originally written in 1921 for the author's grandchildren, Hendrik Willem van Loon's The Story of Mankind has charmed generations with its warmth, simplicity and wisdom. Van Loon's witty, amiable tone animates the story of human history as a grand unfolding adventure. Beginning with the origins of human life and sweeping forward to illuminate all of history, his incomparable prose and original illustrations present a lively rendering of the people and events that have shaped the world we live in today. This new version has been brought up to date by Robert Sullivan, incorporating the most important developments of the early twenty-first century, including the war on terrorism and global warming. Engagingly written, delightfully informative and always entertaining, this is the classic of all ages, for all ages.

Product Details

Publisher
Liveright
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Liveright Classics
Condition
New
Weight
633g
Number of Pages
800
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780871408655
SKU
V9780871408655
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Hendrik Willem van Loon received worldwide acclaim for the many books that he both wrote and illustrated. Among his most beloved are The Story of America, The Story of the Bible and The Life and Times of Rembrandt. European born and educated, van Loon was a professor at Antioch College and lectured at Harvard, Cornell, and the University of Munich. Robert Sullivan is the best-selling author of Rats and My American Revolution. John Merriman is the Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale University. A specialist in nineteenth century French history, Merriman earned his Ph. D at the University of Michigan. He is the author of many books, including The Margins of City Life: Explorations on the French Urban Frontier, 1815-1851; Red City: Limoges and the French Nineteenth Century; The Agony of the Republic: The Repression of the Left in Revolutionary France, 1848-1851; and, most recently, The Stones of Balazuc: A French Village in Time (Norton, 2002). He regularly teaches the survey of modern European history at Yale.

Reviews for The Story of Mankind (Updated Edition) (Liveright Classics)
Remains a marvel: a sparkling, erudite, idiosyncratic tour through the human experience...
The Wall Street Journal

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