01743cam a2200289 4500 681480770 TxAuBib 001018s2000||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780789458940 $15.95 0789458942 $15.95 9780789458957 pbk. 0789458950 pbk. (OCoLC)7518 IFA IFA OCL JED OCLCQ BAKER BTCTA YDXCP AZH FMO UAB VYG TxAuBib Margeson, Susan M. Viking / written by Susan M. Margeson ; photographed by Peter Anderson. New York, N.Y. : Dorling Kindersley, 2000. 63 p. : HB : ill. (some col.), col. maps, 1 col. plan ; 29 cm. Eyewitness guides ; 50 Includes index. Who were the Vikings? -- Lords of the sea -- A Viking warship -- Viking warriors -- Weapons -- Terrorizing the West -- East into Russia -- Discovering new lands -- A Viking fort -- Other ships -- Trading east and west -- Kings and freemen -- Women and children -- At home -- Mealtime -- Animals, wild and imagined -- Farming -- Getting around -- In the workshop -- Spinning and weaving -- Jewelry -- Games, music, and stories -- Gods and legends -- Viking burials -- Runes and picture stones -- The Jelling Stone -- The coming of Christianity. A history of the Vikings explains how these great explorers earned a reputation as fierce invaders, their ship construction techniques, and how Leif Erikson arrived in America centuries before Columbus. Northmen JUV LIT. Vikings JUV LIT. Anderson, Peter, 1956 July 20- Eyewitness guides ; 50.