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The Viking heart : how Scandinavians conquered the world Cover Image Book

The Viking heart : how Scandinavians conquered the world / Arthur Herman.

How Scandinavians conquered the world (portion title)
Herman, Arthur, 1956- (author.).

Summary:

"From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped history and America"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0358536731
  • ISBN: 0358536847
  • ISBN: 1328595900
  • ISBN: 9780358536734
  • ISBN: 9780358536840
  • ISBN: 9781328595904
  • Physical Description: xix, 484 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-457) and index.
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.

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Subject:
Civilization, Modern > Scandinavian influences.
Civilization, Viking.
National characteristics, Scandinavian.
Northmen.
Scandinavian Americans > History.
Vikings.

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