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The Story of Mankind by Hendrik van Loon

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The Story of Mankind
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Publisher: Boni and Liveright
ISBN/ASIN: 1438519141
Number of pages: 400

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This genuinely enjoyable charmer, for history buffs and the historically challenged alike, covers human history from prehistoric times, when our earliest ancestors were learning to communicate with grunts, right through to the issues of the latter 20th century.

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