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| Author | : Joseph Chesley Burke |
| Publisher | : St. John's, Nfld. : Breakwater |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 1988-01-01 |
| Genre | : Canadian wit and humor (English) Newfoundland and Labrador |
| ISBN | : 9780920911464 |
| Author | : Don Lago |
| Publisher | : University of Iowa Press |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2004-04 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1587294834 |
When his father developed Alzheimer’s disease, Don Lago realized that the stories and traditions of his Swedish ancestors would be lost along with the rest of his father’s memories. Haunted by this inevitable tragedy, Lago set out to fight back against forgetting by researching and reclaiming his long-lost Scandinavian roots. Beginning his quest with a visit to his ancestral home of Gränna, Sweden, Lago explores all facets of Scandinavian America—Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Icelandic—along the way. He encounters Icelanders living in the Utah desert, a Titanic victim buried beneath a gigantic Swedish coffee pot in Iowa, an Arkansas town named after the famous Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind, a real-life Legoland in southern California, and other unique remnants of America’s Scandinavian past. Visits to Sigurd Olson’s legendary cabin on the banks of Burntside Lake in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota and Carl Sandburg’s birthplace in Galesburg, Illinois, further provide Lago with an acute sense of the Scandinavian values that so greatly influenced, and continue to influence, American society. More than just a travel memoir, On the Viking Trail places Scandinavian immigrants and their history within the wider sweep of American culture. Lago’s perceptive eye and amusing tales remind readers of all ethnic backgrounds that to truly appreciate America one must never forget its immigrant past.
| Author | : Tom Shippey |
| Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
| Total Pages | : 544 |
| Release | : 2018-05-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1780239505 |
Laughing Shall I Die explores the Viking fascination with scenes of heroic death. The literature of the Vikings is dominated by famous last stands, famous last words, death songs, and defiant gestures, all presented with grim humor. Much of this mindset is markedly alien to modern sentiment, and academics have accordingly shunned it. And yet, it is this same worldview that has always powered the popular public image of the Vikings—with their berserkers, valkyries, and cults of Valhalla and Ragnarok—and has also been surprisingly corroborated by archaeological discoveries such as the Ridgeway massacre site in Dorset. Was it this mindset that powered the sudden eruption of the Vikings onto the European scene? Was it a belief in heroic death that made them so lastingly successful against so many bellicose opponents? Weighing the evidence of sagas and poems against the accounts of the Vikings’ victims, Tom Shippey considers these questions as he plumbs the complexities of Viking psychology. Along the way, he recounts many of the great bravura scenes of Old Norse literature, including the Fall of the House of the Skjoldungs, the clash between the two great longships Ironbeard and Long Serpent, and the death of Thormod the skald. One of the most exciting books on Vikings for a generation, Laughing Shall I Die presents Vikings for what they were: not peaceful explorers and traders, but warriors, marauders, and storytellers.
| Author | : John Broughton |
| Publisher | : Next Chapter |
| Total Pages | : 946 |
| Release | : 2022-07-08 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
A collection of three medieval historical novels by John Broughton, now in one volume! Sward And Sword: Amidst the bloodshed of 11th century combat and conquest, Saxon Godwine elevates himself from landless youth to trusted confidante of the most powerful man in England. But the pursuit of power is not without peril, and his skillful diplomacy and battle prowess are constantly tested by the schemes of distant, formidable enemies. His allegiance to the monarchy pledged by sward and sword, Godwine seeks to maintain his influence as the Normans attempt to thwart him. Beset on all sides by bold and bitter adversaries, who will prevail? The Purple Thread: It is 733 AD in Anglo-Saxon Britain – a time of warriors, war and religious extremes. Young Begiloc's world turns upside down when the Briton and his best friend Meryn are ordered away to protect English missionaries in Germany. For a man accustomed to brutality, Begiloc has a soft spot for the purple-tinged mountains, waterfalls, lakes, animals, trees and flowers – beginning to muse whether they, rather than Man, do not better embody the essence of God. Mission follows mission across the continent, and Begiloc is driven ever further from his loved ones. His ultimate foe is the corrupt and cruel Bishop of Rems, Milo. Will Begiloc ever be free from his obligations to the Church, and reunited with those whom he has been so long separated? The Rebel Scribes: Christ Church Priory, Canterbury, 990 AD. Orphaned by vikings, Folcwin and his elder brother Aelfwynn have become excellent scribes. Enlivened by sibling rivalry, their lives are upset by a competition to illuminate a commissioned psalter. After Folcwin is selected the victor, his brother is accused of murdering another competitor, and he escapes. While Aelfwynn begins a patriotic battle against Viking raiders, Folcwin’s fame as a scribe increases. Even with their imbalanced fortunes, the paths of the two brothers are bound to cross with powerful kings and strong leaders, including King Aethelred, Thorkell the Tall and Edmund Ironside. But can they overcome the Viking menace?
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| Total Pages | : 1332 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : English imprints |
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| Author | : Kent Thompson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 528 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Books |
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| Author | : Ernest Marston Rudland |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 112 |
| Release | : 1911 |
| Genre | : Ballads, English |
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| Author | : Neil E. Walker |
| Publisher | : Gale Cengage |
| Total Pages | : 1416 |
| Release | : 1990-04 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 9780810305816 |
The Index provides a broad coverage and access to book reviews in the general social sciences, humanities, sciences, and fine arts, as well as general interest magazines and includes journals from Great Britain, Canada, Switzerland, Israel and Australia. In addition, it indexes several journals that, while published in the US, concentrate on reviewing foreign published or foreign language books. These include Hispania, French Review, German Quarterly and World Literature Today.
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| Total Pages | : 180 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Legends |
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| Author | : S.A. Cozad |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2019-07-05 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0359771971 |
Set in the time of the Irish- Viking wars, Halvard wants to settle down with his people so he makes a deal with a local village to live in peace. Their peace is shattered when the wars and other demands disrupt their two peoples.
