Van Loon exhibit:

[jrittenhouse]

Longtime readers will recall that I’m a great fan of the Dutch-American author Hendrik Willem Van Loon, a taste that I got from my mom and her brother, my uncle.   There’s an online exhibit at the Ohio State University site of Van Loon’s illustrations (crude, but charming) for his best-known work, The Story of Mankind.   I always recommend his

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[fmsv]

I'm quite fond of Van Loon myself; my introduction to him was Van Loon's Lives, quite possibly the best $1 I ever spent on a book.

[jrittenhouse]

That's my absolute personal favorite of his books. I've read it over and over and over again; my mom hooked me on it as a really little kid.

[kayshapero]

A friend of mine introduced me to Van Loon's Lives, with the result that I still find myself looking thoughtfully at any statue of a lion I might happen to pass.. :) It's great!

[jrittenhouse]

It's utterly awesome. My great hope has always been that someone *good* in the anime world or something would make it into a series of TV shows....