NORTH OF SKARV ISLAND: A Trading Adventure Between Norwegians and…

NORTH OF SKARV ISLAND: A Trading Adventure Between Norwegians and Lapps.

Edition: First printing.

Grants Pass, OR: Midgard Press, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - This book, an account of a trading adventure in 1805 between Norwegians from Ranafjord and nomadic Lapps summering with their reindeer on a treeless island off the coast of Norway, is unique in that it is based on both Norwegian and Lapp oral tradition and written by an 'insider' to that oral tradition, who is passing on the stories of his Lapp grandfather. Glossary. 142 pp. ISBN: 0-9615948-02.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 28419
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