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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140447768
ISBN-139780140447767
eBay Product ID (ePID)65568418
Product Key Features
Original LanguageIcelandic
Book TitleVinland Sagas
Number of Pages144 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Medieval, Sagas, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Publication Year2008
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction
AuthorKeneva Kunz
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight4.1 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Notes bySigurosson, Gisli
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Volume Number Vol. 8
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal970.013
SynopsisThe bestselling saga of Eirik the Red, Leif the Lucky, and the first American explorers The all-time bestselling of the sagas in Penguin Classics, The Vinland Sagas are published here in a vibrant new translation. Consisting of The Saga of the Greenlanders and Eirik the Red's Saga , they chronicle the adventures of Eirik the Red and his son, Leif Eirikson, who explored North America 500 years before Columbus. Famous for being the first-ever descriptions of North America, and written down in the early thirteenth century, they recount the Icelandic settlement of Greenland by Eirik the Red, the chance discovery by seafaring adventurers of a mysterious new land, and Eirik's son Leif the Lucky's perilous voyages to explore it. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators., The Saga of the Greenlanders and Eirik the Red's Saga contain the first ever descriptions of North America, a bountiful land of grapes and vines, discovered by Vikings five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Written down in the early thirteenth century, they recount the Icelandic settlement of Greenland by Eirik the Red, the chance discovery by seafaring adventurers of a mysterious new land, and Eirik's son Leif the Lucky's perilous voyages to explore it. Wrecked by storms, stricken by disease and plagued by navigational mishaps, some survived the North Atlantic to pass down this compelling tale of the first Europeans to talk with, trade with, and war with the Native Americans.
LC Classification NumberPT7281
