The Story of America: From the Very Beginning Up to the Present Contributor(s): Van Loon, Hendrik Willem (Author) |
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ISBN: 0871403005 ISBN-13: 9780871403001 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Type: Paperback Published: January 1942 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General |
Physical Information: 1.15" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (1.43 lbs) 516 pages |
Features: Illustrated |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: As a thrilling, magnificent story of the backgrounds of our country, of those rough pioneers who build that we might live, of the struggle to preserve our unity and our happiness, and of those modern circumstances that shape our present lives this chronicle is unequaled. |
Contributor Bio(s): Van Loon, Hendrik Willem: - 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. |
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