{"product_id":"2940149415786","title":"15 Viking Tales: With 42 Illustrations and 15 Free Online Audio Files.","description":"Viking Tales is about the Viking Halfdan and his newborn son, Harald. It follows the life of Harald from infancy to his crowning as King of Norway. It examines Vikings' enthusiasm for adventure and discovering new lands. The stories describes them setting forth from Norway and sailing westward across the Atlantic, island-hopping, using the Orkneys and Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland, and Greenland all the way to America. They are eager to escape their crowded homeland and seek vast fortunes and renowned. Discoveries are made by accident, when their ships are driven by the wind into unknown ports, resulting in landings and settlements in Iceland, Greenland, and America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe legends of these great men were passed down from generation to generation, while families sat around their fires on bitterly cold winter nights sharpening their weapons, playing harps, and working with wool.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of Viking (from Old Norse víkingr) Tales – which runs as one long story – will entertain young and old readers alike as it delves into the lifestyle and world of these mysterious nomadic people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTales included:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Baby \u003cbr\u003e2. The Tooth Thrall\u003cbr\u003e3. Olaf's Farm\u003cbr\u003e4. Olaf's Fight with Havard\u003cbr\u003e5. Foes'-fear\u003cbr\u003e6. Harald is King\u003cbr\u003e7. Harald's Battle\u003cbr\u003e8. Gyda's Saucy Message\u003cbr\u003e9. The Sea Fight\u003cbr\u003e10. King Harald's Wedding\u003cbr\u003e11. King Harald Goes West-Over-Seas\u003cbr\u003e12. Homes in Iceland\u003cbr\u003e13. Eric the Red\u003cbr\u003e14. Leif and His New Land\u003cbr\u003e15. Wineland the Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighlights of this edition are:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• 42 hand drawn original illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e• A free web link to 15 audio files to listen to the whole book, or to download it.\u003cbr\u003e• It is formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your Nook reader.\u003cbr\u003e• An active (easy to use) Table of Contents listing every chapter accessible from the Nook menu.\u003cbr\u003e• Perfect formatting in rich text compatible with Nook's Text-to-Speech features.\u003cbr\u003e• Plus a short About the Author section.\u003cbr\u003e• 172 pages (in the Nook format) for a very low price.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is unabridged, and appears as it was first intended with forty-two original hand drawn illustrations by Victor R. Lambdin. First published in 1902.","brand":"Red Skull Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111868514544,"sku":"2940149415786","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149415786_p0.jpg?v=1763716712","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149415786","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}