The far traveler : voyages of a Viking woman / Nancy Marie Brown.
| Author/creator | Brown, Nancy Marie |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Orlando : Harcourt, ©2007. |
| Description | 306 pages : map ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Prologue: Gudrid the far-traveler -- At sea -- Ransacking the past -- A very stirring woman -- The terror from the North -- The land-taking -- Eirik the Red's green land -- Land of wine or walrus -- The house of the sagas -- The farm of merry noise -- From witch to nun. |
| Abstract | Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed past the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before sailing home. Or so the Icelandic sagas say. Even after archaeologists found a Viking longhouse in Newfoundland, few believed that the details of Gudrid's story were true. Then, in 2001, a team of scientists discovered what may have been this pioneering woman's last house, buried under a hay field in Iceland, just where the sagas suggested it could be. Joining scientists with cutting-edge technology and the latest archaeological techniques, and tracing Gudrid's steps on land and in the sagas, author Brown reconstructs a life that spanned--and expanded--the bounds of the then-known world.--From publisher description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-292) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007006081 |
| ISBN | 9780151014408 |
| ISBN | 015101440X |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | DL65 .B77 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |