02665nam 2200601Ia 450 991081212850332120230617004723.01-281-36792-397866113679231-4039-7714-3(CKB)1000000000342670(SSID)ssj0000266691(PQKBManifestationID)11204793(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266691(PQKBWorkID)10305088(PQKB)10354112(DE-He213)978-1-4039-7714-4(Au-PeEL)EBL308368(CaPaEBR)ebr10135476(CaONFJC)MIL136792(OCoLC)647535091(MiAaPQ)EBC308368(EXLCZ)99100000000034267020050815d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrVan Loon[electronic resource] popular historian, journalist, and FDR confidant /Cornelis A. van Minnen1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20051 online resource (XVI, 353 p.)The world of the RooseveltsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-349-53213-4 1-4039-7049-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-343) and index.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 1920's 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.World of the Roosevelts.JournalistsUnited StatesBiographyHistoriansUnited StatesBiographyJournalistsHistorians973.917/092Minnen Cornelis A. van1701901MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812128503321Van Loon4085987UNINA