Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman

Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman by Nancy Marie Brown available at American Swedish Institute.

Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman

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Five hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. This book traces her footsteps, and sheds light on an extraordinary woman and the society she lived in.  This non-fiction account reads like a novel!

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Nancy Marie Brown is the author of highly praised books of nonfiction, including Song of the Vikings and Ivory Vikings. They have been favorably reviewed in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Economist, The Times Literary Supplement, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. Brown has spent decades studying Icelandic literature and culture. She lives on a farm in Vermont where she keeps four Icelandic horses and an Icelandic sheepdog.