The Race of the Birkebeiners
by Lunge-Larsen, Lise
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0618103139
- ISBN 13
- 9780618103133
- Seller
-
Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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Synopsis
*Engaging . . . Azarian’s finely detailed woodcut illustrations, hand-tinted with watercolors, capture the serene snow-covered landscape. . . . In direct and compelling prose, Lunge-Larsen recounts how the two Birkebeiners most renowned for their skiing ability forge ahead.”Publishers Weekly, starred review It is the year 1206, and deep in the snow-covered mountains and valleys of Norway, the fiercest warriors in the land struggle to ski a baby to safety . . . This is a story of the Birkebeiners and how they saved the infant Prince Hakon by skiing across the mountains in the dead of winter. It is an untold story of bravery and tenderness.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 079732
- Title
- The Race of the Birkebeiners
- Author
- Lunge-Larsen, Lise
- Illustrator
- Mary Azarian Color Woodcuts, and SIGNED by her
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618103139
- ISBN 13
- 9780618103133
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Childrens, Mary Azarian, Norwegian Saga
- Bookseller catalogs
- Norway; Childrens;
Terms of Sale
Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
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