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The farfarers : 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.

Record details

ISBN: 1616082372 (pbk.) :
ISBN: 9781616082376 (pbk.) :
Physical Description: viii, 373 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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Publisher: New York : Skyhorse Pub., 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: Toronto : Key Porter Books, c2002.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-350) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Acknowledgements -- Why and wherefores -- Part One. The old world -- Part Two. Worlds to the west -- Part Three. Alba-in-the-west -- Postscript -- Notes -- Index.