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Smiley, Jane.
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Northmen -- Fiction.
Greenland -- History -- Fiction.
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Smiley, Jane.
Northmen -- Fiction.
Greenland -- History -- Fiction.
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The Greenlanders / Jane Smiley.
by
Smiley, Jane.
Knopf, 1988.
Call #:
FICTION
SMI
Subjects
Northmen
--
Fiction
.
Greenland
--
History
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9781400095469 (Anchor trade paperback )
0394551206
0804104530 (Ivy pbk.)
044991089X (1996 Fawcett trade pbk.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xiii, 558 p. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Maps on lining papers.
Summary:
"A family saga set among the Norse peoples of 14th-century
Greenland
. Centered on the fortunes of farmer Asgeir Gunnarsson and his children and grandchildren, the narrative pictures a bleak, declining society. Founded by Erik the Red, the
Greenland
colonies flourished for centuries; then trade shipments were cut off by the Black Death in Europe, the climate grew colder, and native peoples became increasingly hostile."--Library Journal
Genre:
Historical
fiction
.
Family saga.
Holds:
2
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