The New Icelanders

The New Icelanders
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Total Pages : 103
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ISBN-10 : 0888011865
ISBN-13 : 9780888011862
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Book Synopsis The New Icelanders by : David Arnason

Download or read book The New Icelanders written by David Arnason and published by . This book was released on 1994-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part history, part journey into memory and myth, The New Icelanders is a ­collage of photos and remembrances exploring a singular segment of the North American Icelandic ­community—a people who, in 1875, left their island of glaciers and volcanoes to settle the farms, cities and towns of the Canadian and American midwest, establishing the Republic of New Iceland on the shores of Lake Winnipeg.

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