Ebook {Epub PDF} The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon

HENDRIK WILLEM VAN LOON. The Story of Mankind HIGH Up in the North in the land called Svithjod, there stands a rock. It is a hundred miles high and a hundred miles wide. Once every thousand years a little bird comes to this rock to sharpen its beak. When the rock has thus been worn away, then a single day of eternity will have gone by.  · The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon - Free Ebook. Project Gutenberg. 65, free ebooks. 6 by Hendrik Willem Van Loon.  · THE STORY OF MANKIND HIGH Up in the North in the land called Svithjod, there stands a rock. It is a hundred miles high and a hundred miles wide. Once every thousand years a little bird comes to this rock to sharpen its beak. When the rock has thus been worn away, then a single day of eternity will have gone by.

"The Story of Mankind" by Hendrik Willem Van Loon is a tale of mankind's development from the nothingness of the origins of the planet through modern day science and technology. Written early in the 20th century, the information in the novel is clearly dated, but still manages to provide a base for young readers as to the origins of man. Hendrik Willem van Loon Hendrik Willem van Loon (Janu-Ma), a Dutch-American author and illustrator, was the first winner of the Newbery Medal for The Story of www.doorway.ru was beloved by the public during his lifetime as an engaging, energetic interpreter of the arts and humanities. Died. Hendrik Willem van Loon (Janu - Ma) was a Dutch-American historian and journalist. Born in Rotterdam, he went to the United States in to study at Cornell University. He was a correspondent during the Russian Revolution of and in Belgium in at the start of World War I.

First published in and awarded the first Newbery Medal of , "The Story of Mankind" follows the history of western civilization from prehistoric times to the early 20th century. Van Loon both wrote and illustrated this book, which he wrote for his grandchildren, in such a way that children would be learning in an entertaining way. Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, Title: The Story of Mankind Language: English: LoC. THE STORY OF MANKIND HIGH Up in the North in the land called Svithjod, there stands a rock. It is a hundred miles high and a hundred miles wide. Once every thousand years a little bird comes to this rock to sharpen its beak. When the rock has thus been worn away, then a single day of eternity will have gone by.