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作者簡介
Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882-1944) was a Dutch-American writer and journalist. Born in Rotterdam, he became an American citizen in 1919. As a journalist, he covered the Russian Revolution
of 1905 and the start of World War I. He wrote a number of well-received children's books, many of which he illustrated himself.
