The Story of Mankind

Written by:
Hendrik Van Loon
Narrated by:
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Unabridged Audiobook

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Book
38
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11
Release Date
January 2016
Duration
13 hours 31 minutes
Summary
Relates the story of western civilization from earliest times through the beginning of the twentieth century, with special emphasis on the people and events that changed the course of history. Portrays in vivid prose the achievements of mankind in the areas of art and discovery, as well as the political forces leading to the modern nation-states. Richly illustrated with drawings by the author. Winner of the first Newbery Award in 1922, The Story of Mankind has introduced generations of children to the pageant of world history. (Summary from mainlesson.com)
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Myron W.

This book was written for children. It was frustrating that at the beginning of each chapter, and the chapters were very short, the narrator announced the author, narrator, date of the recording, the publisher, and how to access the publishing company. This was overdone and very annoying to the reader to be subjected to the same information over and over.

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Anonymous

An excellent book for those interested in the history of mankind, if you like this one you should also read (if you can get hold of a copy) his book Van Loons’ Friends. A brilliant book!

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Anonymous

The writer clearly bit off much more than they could chew. But then again who in their right mind could chew the entire history of mankind on earth. No one! But like we had this missing link thing and there were humans then the missing, then humans again. The writer doesn’t even deal with that and that’s unforgivable.

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Anonymous

Very entertaining but moved just a little too fast

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