Van Loon : Popular Historian, Journalist, and FDR Confidant / by Cornelis A. van Minnen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Minnen, Cornelis A. van.

Series:

The World of the Roosevelts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States-History.

History, Modern.

Europe-History.

America-History.

US History.

Modern History.

European History.

History of the Americas.

Local Subjects:

US History.

Modern History.

European History.

History of the Americas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVI, 353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Upon his death, Hendrik van Loon was described in The Times obituary as 'one of the most engaging products of the marriage between Holland and the United States'. One of FDR's true and closest friends, van Loon emigrated from the Netherlands to the United States at age 20, in 1902. Working as a historian, journalist, illustrator, and radio commentator, van Loon immersed himself in American cultural life from the 1920s through the '40s, until his death three months before D-Day. Van Loon's professional relationships and friendships with such distinguished persons as Sinclair Lewis, Van Wyck Brooks, H. L. Mencken, Albert Einstein, Herbert Hoover, and Fiorello La Guardia bolster his place as a celebrity of his times. This biography is an exciting and nuanced portrait of a man deeply involved in American cultural life in the first half of the twentieth century.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-343) and index.

ISBN:

9786611367923

9781281367921

1281367923

9781403977144

1403977143

OCLC:

647535091