The New Icelanders

A North American Community

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Editor:

Arnason, David
Arnason, Vincent

ISBN:

978-0-88801-186-2

Publication Date:

Sep 1997

Publisher:

Turnstone Press Canada

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $14.95

Book Description:

Part history, part journey into memory and myth, The New Icelanders is a collage of photos and remembrances exploring a singular segment of the North American Icelandic community--a people who, in 1875, left their island of glaciers and volcanoes to settle the farms, cities and towns of the Canadian and American midwest, establishing the Republic of New Iceland on the shores of Lake Winnipeg.

Book Details

Pages:	103
Detailed Subjects:	Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / European American Studies Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	11 x 8.5 x 0.3 Inches
Book Weight:	0.995 Pounds

Author Biography

(Editor)

David Arnason was born in Gimli, Manitoba, in 1940. He earned his Master's Degree from the University of Manitoba and a Ph.D. from the University of New Brunswick. He teaches Canadian literature and creative writing at the University of Manitoba.

His works include two collections of poetry, Marsh Burning and Skrag, and four collections of short stories: Fifty Stories and a Piece of Advice, The Circus Performer's Bar, The Happiest Man in the World and The Pagan Wall. He has recently returned from Tasmania and Trier, Germany and Strasbourg, France, where he taught Canadian literature and creative writing.

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