02443cam a2200433 i 4500 509183133 TxAuBib 20210821120000.0 201229s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020057689 9781328595904 hbk. 1328595900 hbk. (OCoLC)1159043093 TxAuBib rda Herman, Arthur. Viking heart. The Viking heart : how Scandinavians conquered the world / Arthur Herman. How Scandinavians conquered the world. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. xiv, 484 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier cri rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. The wrath of the Norsemen -- Being Vikings -- The world the Vikings made, part one: from Russia to the British Isles -- The world the Vikings made, part two: Normandy, the Atlantic, and North America -- Twilight of the gods: Vikings, kings, and Christianity -- Conquerors: the Norman transformation -- Vikings into Scandinavians: from games of thrones to mighty fortresses -- Viking heart empire: King Gustavus Adolphus and the Scandinavian century -- Scandinavians into Americans -- "We are coming, Father Abraham": Scandinavians in the American Civil War -- "More wonderful than riches": American fever and the Great Migration --Land of wonders: how two Scandinavian icons transformed Jazz Age America -- Men at work: the Viking heart and American democracy -- The Viking heart comes home -- The Viking heart in war and peace -- The Viking heart and the land beyond -- Runes and the Vikings. "A sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped history and America"-- Provided by publisher. 20210821. Civilization, Viking. Vikings. Northmen. Civilization, Modern Scandinavian influences. Scandinavian Americans History. National characteristics, Scandinavian.