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| | Hendrik Willem van Loon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | He was a correspondent during the Russian revolutionary outbreak of 1905 and in Belgium in 1914 at the start of (A war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918) World War I. |
 | | During the 1920s Van Loon wrote many books, most notably (Click link for more info and facts about The Story of Mankind) The Story of Mankind, a history of the world especially for children which won the first (Click link for more info and facts about Newbery Medal) Newbery Medal in 1922. |
 | | Van Loon's (Study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation) Geography, 1932 |
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