Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth 0198861559, 9780198861553

The story of the Vikings in North America as both fact and fiction, from the westward expansion of the Norse across the

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Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth
0198861559, 9780198861553

Do "In God We Trust," the Declaration of Independence, and other historical "evidence" prove that Am

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All groups tell stories about their beginnings. Such tales are oft-repeated, finely wrought, and usually much beloved. A

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This wide-ranging study offers a new understanding of Old Norse kinship in which the individual self was expanded to enc

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Explore the Captivating Life of James Madison Free History BONUS Inside! James Madison earned the title “Father of the

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Late in the tenth century, the Norse Vikings embarked on a voyage of no return. Leaving Iceland first for Greenland, fro

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The fascinating history of American bookishness as told through the sale of Charles Lamb’s library in 1848

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