The farfarers, a new history of North America, Farley Mowat
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The farfarers, a new history of North America, Farley Mowat
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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illustrationsmaps
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
The farfarers
Oclc number
668194085
Responsibility statement
Farley Mowat
Sub title
a new history of North America
Summary
"Farley Mowat challenges the conventional notion that the Vikings were the first Europeans to reach North America. Mowat offers instead an unforgettable portrait of the Albans, a people originating from the island now known as Britain. Battered by repeated invasions from their aggressive neighbors--Celt, Roman, and Norse--the Albans boarded seaworthy, skin-covered boats and fled west. Their search for safety, and for the massive walrus herds on which their survival depended, took them first to Iceland, then to Greenland, and finally to the land now known as Newfoundland and Labrador."--P. [4] of cover
Table of contents
The old world -- Worlds to the west -- Alba-in-the-west
Target audience
adult
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