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The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman
The Far Traveler Voyages of a Viking Woman
Author: Nancy Marie Brown
ISBN-13: 9780151014408
ISBN-10: 015101440X
Publication Date: 10/9/2007
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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3 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Harcourt
Book Type: Hardcover
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reviewed The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman on + 4 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Much of the book is dedicated to Guidrid, The Far Traveler, and the proof that she actually existed. Archeological studies of how the Vikings lived, where they explored, and finally a short account of how Christianity affected them.
Honeygirl62 avatar reviewed The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman on + 165 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book was a little hard to read. The author refers to the sagas a lot and includes a lot of archaeology, but it doesn't flow along easily like a nice story. You had to really concentrate on all the names and places etc because they are so foreign. But I felt I learned a lot about Greenland and Iceland and the settlers there, which I had known nothing about previously. It also clarified for me the things I've heard about Leif Eiriksson. My only disappointment was that I thought it would be more like the chronological story (a true story, not fiction) of the woman in the title and it wasn't exactly that, but still a very good, detailed book.
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Interesting book in paperback version 2007.