LEADER 04114cam 2200493 i 4500001 on1369678294 003 OCoLC 005 20231123142147.3 008 230220t20232023nyuaf e b 001 0 eng d 019 140660438914070718561408382071 020 9781639365357 020 1639365354 |q(hardcover) 035 (Sirsi) o1369678294 035 (OCoLC)1369678294 |z(OCoLC)1406604389 |z(OCoLC)1407071856 |z(OCoLC)1408382071 037 |bSimon & Schuster, Order Dept 100 Front st, Riverside, NJ, USA, 08075 |nSAN 200-2442 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dBDX |dTOH |dOCLCO |dIL2 |dVP@ |dFSP |dGP5 |dOCLCO |dJCX |dUOK |dIOU |dOCLCA |dUtOrBLW 043 n------ln-----s------ 050 14 E105 |b.W45 2023 082 04 973.1/3 |223/eng/20231031 100 1 Whittock, Martyn, |d1958- |eauthor. |=^A207232 245 10 American Vikings : |bhow the Norse sailed into the lands and imaginations of America / |cMartyn Whittock. 250 First Pegasus Books cloth edition. 264 1 New York : |bPegasus Books, |c2023. 264 4 |c©2023 300 x, 261 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations (chiefly color) ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 336 still image |bsti |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographic references (pages 223-247) and index. 520 "Vikings are an enduring subject of fascination. The combination of adventure, mythology, violence, and exploration continues to grip our attention. As a result, for more than a millennium the Vikings have traveled far and wide, not least across the turbulent seas of our minds and imaginations. The geographical reach of the Norse was extraordinary. For centuries medieval sagas, first recorded in Iceland, claimed that Vikings reached North America around the year 1000. This book explores that claim, separating fact from fiction and myth from mischief, to assess the enduring legacy of this claim in America. The search for "American Vikings" connects a vast range of different areas; from the latest archaeological evidence for their actual settlement in North America to the myth-making of nineteenth-century Scandinavian pioneers in the Midwest; and from ancient adventurers to the political ideologies in the twenty-first century. It is a journey from the high seas of a millennium ago to the swirling waters and dark undercurrents of the online world of today. No doubt, the warlike Vikings would have understood how their image could be "weaponized." In the same way, they would probably have grasped how their dramatic, violent, passionate, and discordant mythologies could appeal to our era and cultural setting. They might, though, have been more surprised at how their image has been commercialized and commodified. A vivid new history by a master of the form, American Vikings explores how the Norse first sailed into the lands, and then into the imaginations, of America" -- |cPublisher's description. 505 00 |tWho and what were "Vikings"? -- |tInside the heads of Vikings -- |tThe Viking world -- |tVinland...the edge of the world -- |tViking North Americans -- |tSharing the stage with Vikings? -- |tCompeting ethnic origin myths of "discovery," in the early USA -- |tVikings in the Midwest? -- |tNew England Vikings? -- |tA Norse home from home? -- |tA darker side of the story -- |tVikings reading comic books -- |tThe Vikings go to the movies...and watch TV -- |tAmerican Vikings meet QAnon -- |tMerchandising Vikings -- |tAfterword: Where next for the American Vikings? 650 0 Vikings |xHistory. |=^A23644 650 0 Vikings |xTravel |zNorth America. |=^A23644 650 0 Civilization, Viking. |=^A576573 651 0 North Atlantic Ocean |xNavigation. |=^A69573 651 0 America. |=^A457364 650 7 HISTORY / North America. |2bisacsh 949 Order on Demand |wASIS |hJOYNER219 960 |o1 |s29.95 |uJHIS |zUSD 961 |fDMD |m138099 596 1 998 6281181