Hakon of Rogen's Saga - Softcover

"An absorbing, moving, and beautiful book." -Horn Book Magazine "Told with great power and lyricism by a master storyteller." -Commonweal, May 1963 "Now and then a book like [this] captures the imagination and lives on in memory." -Chicago Tribune "Exciting and beautiful prose with the flavor of the old sagas." -Library Journal, July 1963

An American Library Association Notable Book and his first book for children, Erik Christian Haugaard's Hakon of Rogen's Saga is a remarkable novel that perfectly catches the mood of a harsh but heroic people. Set at the end of the Viking period, it tells of a young boy, Hakon, from the island of Rogen who, after his chieftain father is murdered, undertakes to reclaim his birthright from his treacherous uncle. The illustrations by renowned artists Leo and Diane Dillon make this captivating story come alive.