The Scandinavian Races: The Northmen; The Sea-Kings and Vikings; Their Manners and Customs, Discoveries, Maritime Expeditions, Struggles and Wars Up to Present Time (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Although I soon learned by experience, after my arrival in the city of New York, what indeed had been long before reported to me, that the enlightened people of the United States pay great attention to science and the arts, and specially among their intellectual pursuits, have explored some of the wide fields of history with zeal and success, I was yet almost immediately aware that Scandinavian affairs - the past history and present condition of a kindred people - were too little known in this country.

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