The Life and Times of Erik the Red

The Life and Times of Erik the Red
Author: Earle Rice Jr.
Publisher: Mitchell Lane
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2019-12-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1545748322

Few people recall the name of Eirik Thorvaldsson, who began life in Jaederen, Norway, around 950. When he was nine years old, his father killed a manor maybe twoand was forced to flee with his family to Iceland. Young Eirik grew up in the harsh environs of that wind-swept isle in the North Atlantic. Harsh lands breed harsh men, and Eirik fit the mold. Like his father before him, he battled with neighbors and killed several men in blood feuds. Banished from Iceland for three years, he sailed west to seek refuge in an unexplored land. After three years in exile, Eirik returned to Iceland with tales of his discoveries in that new land to the west. He called it Greenland to entice others to join him there. Around 985, he sailed west again from Iceland with twenty-five ships of colonists. History records him as the founder of the first European settlement in Greenland and the father of Leif Eriksson. People remember him best as Erik the Red.

Erik The Red

Erik The Red
Author: Tilman Roehrig
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2021-02-23
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1646906039

Erik the Red was born to become legend! Love and destruction, toil and triumph blend in a gripping historical fiction account of the life of Erik the Red, taking him from the Iceland into the great unknown as he searches for his place in the world. Exiled from his homeland of Norway as a boy, Erik Thorvladsson wants nothing more than to honor his father’s legacy and to figure out where he belongs in the world. But to claim and cultivate his own homestead is no easy task. Navigating natural disasters, violent clashes, and banishment, he seeks his fortunes in an Iceland on the brink of change. But when a conflict over property erupts into violence, Erik is outlawed from the country for three years and sets off on his greatest challenge of all. Assembling a group of settlers, he and his family sail west into uncertainty, hoping to finally find a green and prosperous land to call their own. "A mysterious death and a fantastical curse add light intrigue while mature sexual situations make this a great crossover novel for adult readers." - Kirkus Reviews

Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky

Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky
Author: Barbara Schiller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1979
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Presents brief biographies of the Norse explorer who settled Greenland and of his son who explored parts of North America almost 500 years before Columbus made his first voyage.

Who Was Leif Erikson?

Who Was Leif Erikson?
Author: Nico Medina
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2018-06-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0448488612

Hold on to your Viking helmets as you learn about the first known European to set foot on North America in this exciting addition to the Who Was? series! Leif Erikson was born to be an explorer. His father, Erik the Red, had established the first European settlement in present-day Greenland, and although he didn't yet know it, Leif was destined to embark on an adventure of his own. The wise and striking Viking landed in the area known as Vinland almost five centuries before Christopher Columbus even set sail! "Leif the Lucky" and the other fierce, sea-fearing pirates were accomplished navigators who raided foreign lands for resources, hunted for their food, and passed down Old Norse myths from one generation to the next. This book gives readers a detailed account of what life was like during the time of the Vikings.

Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas

Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas
Author:
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1999
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780192835307

Selected by Gwyn Jones--the eminent Celtic scholar--for their excellence and variety, these nine Icelandic sagas include "Hen-Thorir," "The Vapnfjord Men," "Thorstein Staff-Struck," "Hrafnkel the Priest of Frey," "Thidrandi whom the Goddesses Slew," "Authun and the Bear," "Gunnlaug Wormtongue," "King Hrolf and his Champions," and the title piece.

The Life and Times of Leif Eriksson

The Life and Times of Leif Eriksson
Author: Earle Rice Jr.
Publisher: Mitchell Lane
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2019-12-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1545748411

Introduces children to the life of Viking adventurer Leif Eriksson chronicling his famed voyage in which he sailed to Newfoundland where he established the first European colony in North America

Eric the Red

Eric the Red
Author: Neil Grant
Publisher:
Total Pages: 38
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780199104390

Presents the saga of the Norse explorer who settled Greenland.