03523nam 22008175 450 991096162170332120191219191137.09786611367923978128136792112813679239781403977144140397714310.1057/9781403977144(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(Perlego)3497179(EXLCZ)99100000000034267020151203d2005 u| 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrVan Loon Popular Historian, Journalist, and FDR Confidant /by Cornelis A. van Minnen1st ed.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2005.1 online resource (XVI, 353 p.)The World of the RooseveltsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9781349532131 1349532134 9781403970497 1403970491 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 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.The World of the RooseveltsUnited States-HistoryHistory, ModernEurope-HistoryAmerica-HistoryUS Historyhttp://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/718010Modern Historyhttp://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/713000European Historyhttp://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/717000History of the Americashttp://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/718000United States-History.History, Modern.Europe-History.America-History.US History.Modern History.European History.History of the Americas.973.917/092Minnen Cornelis A. van1793664MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961621703321Van Loon4333607UNINA