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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herman, Arthur, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Viking.

Vikings.

Northmen.

Civilization, Modern--Scandinavian influences.

Civilization, Modern.

Scandinavian Americans--History.

Scandinavian Americans.

National characteristics, Scandinavian.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 484 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

How Scandinavians conquered the world

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.

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.

For millennia Norwegians, Danes, Finns, and Swedes lived a remote and rugged existence among the fjords and peaks of the land of the midnight sun. When they finally left their homeland in search of opportunity, these wanderers would reshape Europe and beyond. Their ingenuity, daring, resiliency, and loyalty to family and community would propel them to the gates of Rome, the steppes of Russia, the courts of Constantinople, and the castles of England and Ireland. But nowhere would they leave a deeper mark than across the Atlantic, where the Vikings' legacy would become the American Dream. Herman traces the epic story of this remarkable and diverse people, and shows how we can still be inspired by their indomitable spirit. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One The Wrath Of The Norsemen

ch. Two Being Vikings

ch. Three The World The Vikings Made, Part One: From Russia To The British Isles

ch. Four The World The Vikings Made, Part Two: Normandy, The Atlantic, And North America

ch. Five Twilight Of The Gods: Vikings, Kings, And Christianity

ch. Six Conquerors: The Norman Transformation

ch. Seven Vikings Into Scandinavians: From Games Of Thrones To Mighty Fortresses

ch. Eight Viking Heart Empire: King Gustavus Adolphus And The Scandinavian Century

ch. Nine Scandinavians Into Americans

ch. Ten "We Are Coming, Father Abraham": Scandinavians In The American Civil War

ch. Eleven "More Wonderful Than Riches": American Fever And The Great Migration

ch. Twelve Land Of Wonders: How Two Scandinavian Icons Transformed Jazz Age America

ch. Thirteen Men At Work: The Viking Heart And American Democracy

ch. Fourteen The Viking Heart Comes Home

ch. Fifteen The Viking Heart In War And Peace.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-457) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Herman, Arthur, 1956- Viking heart

ISBN:

9781328595904

1328595900

9780358536734

0358536731

9780358536840

0358536847

OCLC:

1159043093