The Viking heart : how Scandinavians conquered the world
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
Boston :
2021.
- 2 of 2 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
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| Niagara-on-the-Lake | 6346 HER | Adult History | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
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About
"A sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped history and America"--
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Details
- ISBN: 9781328595904
- Physical Description: xiv, 484 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Formatted Contents Note:
The wrath of the Norsemen -- Being Vikings -- The world the Vikings made, part one: from Russia to the British Isles -- The world the Vikings made, part two: Normandy, the Atlantic, and North America -- Twilight of the gods: Vikings, kings, and Christianity -- Conquerors: the Norman transformation -- Vikings into Scandinavians: from games of thrones to mighty fortresses -- Viking heart empire: King Gustavus Adolphus and the Scandinavian century -- Scandinavians into Americans -- "We are coming, Father Abraham": Scandinavians in the American Civil War -- "More wonderful than riches": American fever and the Great Migration --Land of wonders: how two Scandinavian icons transformed Jazz Age America -- Men at work: the Viking heart and American democracy -- The Viking heart comes home -- The Viking heart in war and peace -- The Viking heart and the land beyond -- Runes and the Vikings.