Viking Tales is about the Viking Halfdan and his newborn son, Harald. It follows the life of Harald from infancy to his crowning as King of Norway. It examines Vikings' enthusiasm for adventure and discovering new lands. The stories describes them setting forth from Norway and sailing westward across the Atlantic, island-hopping, using the Orkneys and Shetlands, Faeroes, Iceland, and Greenland all the way to America. They are eager to escape their crowded homeland and seek vast fortunes and renowned. Discoveries are made by accident, when their ships are driven by the wind into unknown ports, resulting in landings and settlements in Iceland, Greenland, and America.

The legends of these great men were passed down from generation to generation, while families sat around their fires on bitterly cold winter nights sharpening their weapons, playing harps, and working with wool.

This collection of Viking (from Old Norse víkingr) Tales – which runs as one long story – will entertain young and old readers alike as it delves into the lifestyle and world of these mysterious nomadic people.

Tales included:

1. The Baby
2. The Tooth Thrall
3. Olaf's Farm
4. Olaf's Fight with Havard
5. Foes'-fear
6. Harald is King
7. Harald's Battle
8. Gyda's Saucy Message
9. The Sea Fight
10. King Harald's Wedding
11. King Harald Goes West-Over-Seas
12. Homes in Iceland
13. Eric the Red
14. Leif and His New Land
15. Wineland the Good

Highlights of this edition are:

• 42 hand drawn original illustrations.
• A free web link to 15 audio files to listen to the whole book, or to download it.
• It is formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your kindle reader.
• An active (easy to use) Table of Contents listing every chapter accessible from the kindle "go to" feature.
• Perfect formatting in rich text compatible with Kindle's Text-to-Speech features.
• Plus a short About the Author section.
• 172 pages (in the kindle format) for a very low price.


This book is unabridged, and appears as it was first intended with forty-two original hand drawn illustrations by Victor R. Lambdin. First published in 1902.