The Farfarers

Download or read book The Farfarers written by Farley Mowat and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-04-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Farley Mowat challenges the conventional notion that the Vikings were the first Europeans to reach North America. Mowat offers instead an unforgettable portrait of the Albans, a people originating from the island now known as Britain. Battered by repeated invasions from their aggressive neighbors--Celt, Roman, and Norse--the Albans boarded seaworthy, skin-covered boats and fled west. Their search for safety, and for the massive walrus herds on which their survival depended, took them first to Iceland, then to Greenland, and finally to the land now known as Newfoundland and Labrador."--P. [4] of cover.