The Story of Mankind

Description

Hendrik Willem van Loon managed to immortalize the entire history of humanity in this rather short-compared to the story it tells-but well-written and extremely engaging book that will make you feel like you’re reading something of a fairytale, while also benefiting from accurate dates, information and insight that will make most history buffs nod approvingly.

The Story of Mankind starts around 500,000 BC, talking about the first human settlements and the development of Homo Sapiens in his earliest form. After outlining the progress made by our earliest ancestors as they were learning to survive, communicate and build beginning forms of societal structures, later, the book takes us through an educational and engaging depiction of anything from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, to Napoleon ,the industrial revolution and the most important events ,breakthroughs and political developments of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

van Loon’s carefree and engaging style, as well as his fun and easy to understand depiction of the most significant events inhumanity’s history remain the most important and entertaining aspects of this elegant story.

Written as an educational, simplified and highly entertaining introduction to world history, The Story of Mankind has been praised throughout the past 100 years as one of the best history books ever written, and it’s fun and interesting approach is ideal for children and teenagers who are drawn to understand history at a different level, in contrast with the less exciting textbooks that many may consider to be tiring and dry.

Hendrik van Loon was even presented with the very first Newbery Medal for this work, a prize well-earned by one of the more successful historical authors of the early 20th century.
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