Van Loon, Hendrik Willem,  1882-1944 <br/><br/>
The Story of Mankind 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Mankind  Release date is 1996-12-01 
<br/><br/>Produced by Charles Keller, and David Widger  Produced by Charles Keller, and David Widger 
<br/><br/> "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.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>World history World history -- Juvenile literature 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D