The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon

The Story of Mankind

Hendrik Willem van Loon

556 pages first pub 1921 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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It was intended for children, and of course much of the science is hopelessly out of date, but this ambitious, even audacious attempt to offer an overview of the entirety of human history remains a breathtaking work today. A 1921 bestseller, The S...

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