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By Cornelis Van Minnen

ISBN-10: 1349532134

ISBN-13: 9781349532131

ISBN-10: 1403977143

ISBN-13: 9781403977144

Upon his loss of life, Hendrik van Loon used to be defined within the occasions obituary as 'one of the main enticing items of the wedding among Holland and the United States'. considered one of FDR's actual and closest acquaintances, van Loon emigrated from the Netherlands to the us at age 20, in 1902. operating as a historian, journalist, illustrator, and radio commentator, van Loon immersed himself in American cultural existence from the Twenties in the course of the '40s, till his loss of life 3 months ahead of D-Day. Van Loon's specialist relationships and friendships with such amazing individuals as Sinclair Lewis, Van Wyck Brooks, H. L. Mencken, Albert Einstein, Herbert Hoover, and Fiorello l. a. Guardia bolster his position as a celeb of his instances. This biography is a thrilling and nuanced portrait of a guy deeply focused on American cultural existence within the first 1/2 the 20 th century.

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Ambassador to Berlin, and to whose cosmopolitan background Hendrik Willem felt very much attracted. Meeting the venerable scholar and diplomat would prove to be of great importance. ”16 Cornell–Harvard–Cornell 23 In the summer of 1903 Hendrik Willem had published an article on Holland in the Ithaca News and he had submitted some stories and sketches to university publications. When he heard that one of the faculty members, Professor Charles H. Hull, had a friend on the editorial staff of the New York Sun, Hendrik Willem brazenly inquired for a foreign correspondent position.

1 Before going to the nation’s capital, however, he had to take care of a private matter. Despite a steady correspondence with Eliza Bowditch over the past year, her parents still regarded him warily. On 1 July Hendrik Willem went to Jamaica Plain hoping to reach an understanding with them, which proved to be a far from easy mission. As soon as he arrived, he reported to Professor Burr, “The mother caught me on the stoop and I was at once dragged before Loyola and the Inquisition did its work. 2 Several days after the inquisition at Sunnyside, Dr.

Christmas was spent at Sunnyside visiting with his ailing father-in-law. While in Boston Hendrik Willem was invited by Putzi Hanfstaengl and Hans von Kaltenborn to speak about his Russian experiences at the recently founded Harvard Cosmopolitan Club. By mid-February the van Loons were back in Munich where the annual Fasching or Carnival season was in full swing, much to Eliza’s delight, though not to her husband’s. Hendrik Willem felt far from comfortable in Munich’s bohemian crowd, which set the tone at Fasching.

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