Hero Tales of the Far North
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About This Book
Every land has its George Washington, its Kosciusko, its William Tell, its Garibaldi, its Kossuth, if there is but one that has a Joan d'Arc. These were my -- our -- heroes. Every lad of Northern blood, whose heart is in the right place, loves them. And he need make no excuses for any of them. Nor has he need of bartering them for the great of his new home; they go very well together. It is partly for his sake I have set their stories down here. All too quickly he lets go his grip on them, on the new shore. Let him keep them and cherish them with the memories of the motherland. The immigrant A...
Chapters (23)
- HERO TALES OF THE FAR NORTH
- FOREWORD
- CONTENTS
- A KNIGHT ERRANT OF THE SEA
- Footnotes:
- HANS EGEDE, THE APOSTLE TO GREENLAND
- GUSTAV VASA, THE FATHER OF SWEDEN
- Footnotes:
- ABSALON, WARRIOR BISHOP OF THE NORTH
- Footnotes:
- KING VALDEMAR, AND THE STORY OF THE DANNEBROG
- Footnotes:
- HOW THE GHOST OF THE HEATH WAS LAID
- Footnotes:
- KING CHRISTIAN IV
- GUSTAV ADOLF, THE SNOW-KING
- Footnotes:
- KING AND SAILOR, HEROES OF COPENHAGEN
- Footnotes:
- THE TROOPER WHO WON A WAR ALONE
- CARL LINNÉ, KING OF THE FLOWERS
- NIELS FINSEN, THE WOLF-SLAYER
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