Description
No dust jacket, a mylar dust jacket has been added. The Very Good binding is black cloth over boards with a color pictorial paste-on, embossed green lettering, embossed design, wear at the head of the spine, light spots on the cover, with two scuffs on the back. Black-and-white illustrations by M. Meredith Williams. The binding is tight and pages are clean. The book measures 7.5″ tall x 5.5″ wide.
About the book (from the book)
To those who love this country of ours. every bit of its story is precious; and the beginning of that story, like every other beginning, commands a special interest. There is magic – certainly to the child – in the name of Columbus: and there is alluring mystery about the name of that earlier discoverer of America – the Norse- man. Leif Ericsson. Ordinarily the children in our schools are told little about Erics- son and bis people; but what imaginings the crude cut of a Viking ship awakens in the child mind! The story of the sea-loving people of old Scandinavia, whose descend- ants are numerous among us. holds extraordinary interest; and it has been given too little attention. It is this neglected corner of history-really part of our own history that Genevra Snedden has undertaken to illuminate in the story of Leif and Thorkel. About the lives of the two young Vikings she has woven a tale of action that fascinates the young reader and quickens his interest in history. The publishers are pleased to offer the book for use in schools and homes. It is certain to make reading and history and school itself more attractive to young Americans.
