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World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Search for the Poles, The by Eva March Tappan (1854 - 1930)

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World’s Story Volume VIII: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Search for the Poles, The by Eva March Tappan (1854 - 1930)

This is the eighth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part VIII include excerpts from the Eddas, the life of the Vikings, the Scandinavian kings' fight for supremacy and the race towards the North and South Pole. - Summary by SoniaCast list for The ghost of Hamlet's father:Bernardo: alanmapstone / Francisco: Jim Locke / Horatio: Eva Davis / Marcellus: Tomas Peter / Hamlet: Nemo / Narrator: <a href="htt

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  1. 111

    A balloon search for the North Pole (1897), by G. Firth Scott

  2. 110

    The attack of the ice (1893), by Fridtjof Nansen

  3. 109

    The discovery of the North Pole (1909), by Admiral Robert E. Peary

  4. 108

    Admiral Peary in his North-Pole costume, photograph p. 546

  5. 107

    The search for the Poles Part III: The South Pole: Historical note

  6. 106

    In Antarctic winter quarters (1908-1909), by Sir Ernest H. Shackleton

  7. 105

    Norway at the South Pole (1911), by Roald Amundsen

  8. 104

    At the South Pole, photograph p. 574

  9. 103

    The rivals in the Antarctic (1911), from Harper's Weekly

  10. 102

    Captain Scott's last message (1912), by Robert F. Scott

  11. 101

    The fall of Queen Caroline Mathilda (1772), by G. Hesekiel, from the memoirs of Baron Simolin

  12. 100

    Hans Christian Andersen as a boy, by himself

  13. 99

    Iceland Part I: In Saga times: Historical note

  14. 98

    How the Sagas came to be written, by Sabine Baring-Gould

  15. 97

    How the early Icelanders dressed, by J. Fulford Vicary

  16. 96

    Paying visits in Saga time, by J. Fulford Vicary

  17. 95

    How the laws were made in Saga time

  18. 94

    Iceland Part II: Stories from the Icelandic Sagas: Historical note

  19. 93

    The Irish in Thule (eighth century), from the Saga of Olaf Tryggvason

  20. 92

    Glum and his man Ingolf (about 950), from ''Viga-Glum's Saga''

  21. 91

    How Kjartan of Iceland became a Christian (about 1000), from the Laxdaeler's Saga

  22. 90

    Thangbrand the priest (about 1000), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  23. 89

    How Grettir the outlaw saved the farmhouse (early eleventh century), from the Saga of Grettir the Strong, rewritten by Sabine Baring-Gould

  24. 88

    The burning of Njal (1014), from the Saga of Burnt Njal

  25. 87

    How the boy Sigurd won the horse Greyfell, by William Morris

  26. 86

    Iceland Part III: Iceland and its people: Historical note

  27. 85

    The fire mountains of Iceland (1783), by Lord Dufferin

  28. 84

    Climbing Mount Hekla (1854), by Pliny Miles

  29. 83

    Waiting for the Great Geyser to spout (1874), by Bayard Taylor

  30. 82

    How Icelandic children get their surnames, by Mrs Disney Leith

  31. 81

    Greenland Part I: Stories from the history of Greenland: Historical note

  32. 80

    How Eric the Red came to Greenland (983), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

  33. 79

    How the Greenlanders got a bishop (1126), by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

  34. 78

    The search for the lost colonies of Greenland (1579-1671), by Dr. Henry Rink

  35. 77

    The apostle to Greenland (1721-1736), by Jacob A. Riis

  36. 76

    A model parliament, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

  37. 75

    Greenland Part II: Stories of life in Greenland: Historical note

  38. 74

    Greenland customs of two centuries ago, by Hans Egede

  39. 73

    How to build a ''woman's boat'', by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

  40. 72

    The Eskimos and their ways, from the Cornhill magazine

  41. 71

    The farewell of the Greenlanders, from the Cornhill magazine

  42. 70

    What is an iceberg ?, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

  43. 69

    Escaping from a glacier, by Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

  44. 68

    The search for the Poles Part I: Adventures in the frozen North: Historical note

  45. 67

    Spitzbergen, the island that belongs to no one, by Lord Dufferin

  46. 66

    Fifteen hundred miles of floating ice (1871-1872), by Hans Hendrik

  47. 65

    How to build a snow-hut, by Roald Amundsen

  48. 64

    The Northwest Passage, by Sir John Everett Millais (English painter, 1829-1896), painting p. 518

  49. 63

    Paying a call in the Northwest Passage (1906), by Roald Amundsen

  50. 62

    The search for the Poles Part II: The North Pole: Historical note

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This is the eighth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part VIII include excerpts from the Eddas, the life of the Vikings, the Scandinavian kings' fight for supremacy and the race towards the North and South Pole. - Summary by SoniaCast list for The ghost of Hamlet's father:Bernardo: alanmapstone / Francisco: Jim Locke / Horatio: Eva Davis / Marcellus: Tomas Peter / Hamlet: Nemo / Narrator: <a href="htt

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