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Author:
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody.
Title:
Before Columbus : the Leif Eriksson expedition / Elizabeth Cody Kimmel.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Random House,
Copyright Date:
c2003
Description:
98 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Leiv Eiriksson,--d. ca. 1020--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--America--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Scandinavia--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
America--Norse--Norse--Juvenile literature.
Vikings--Juvenile literature.
Ericson, Leif,--d. ca. 1020.
Explorers.
Vikings.
America--Norse.--Norse.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-92) and index.
Contents:
Foreword -- Prologue: Year 1000 -- Gnnbjorn skerries -- Greenland -- Court of King Olaf -- Ship of his own -- Into a cloud of ice -- Land of trees -- First land -- Making camp -- Winter feast -- Homeward -- Rescue! -- Afterword -- Author's note -- Suggestions for further reading -- Bibliography -- Picture credits -- Index.
Summary:
A biography of Leif, son of Norseman Eric the Red, who led a group of Vikings from Greenland on a voyage which ended on the shores of North America.
Series:
Landmark books
ISBN:
9780375913471 (glb)
0375913475 (glb)
9780375813474
0375813470
LCCN:
2001048294
Locations:
T2PB062 -- Atkins Public Library (Atkins) — t2pb062
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)
MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)
ZKPC437 -- Logan Public Library (Logan) — JNF 970.01 K
AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)
VMPC334 -- West Union Community Library (West Union)
CJPC482 -- Williamsburg Public Library (Williamsburg)

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