The Race of the Birkebeiners (SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR)
by Lunge-Larsen/Mary Azarian, Lise
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618103139
- ISBN 13
- 9780618103133
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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Synopsis
When they went into battle they wore no costly armor, just birchbark wrapped around their legs, and so they were called Birkebeiners, which means Birchleggers.” 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. They race against the greed and inequity of the rich, against the very weather of Norway. They race as the only way to save a child prince and bring peace to their country. Here is a true, untold story of both bravery and tenderness. Mary Azarian’s strong, sure woodcuts capture the warmth and ruggedness of medieval life, while Lise Lunge-Larsen’s dramatic telling is direct and mesmerizing.
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- Bookseller
- Browsing Is Arousing (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 363190
- Title
- The Race of the Birkebeiners (SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR)
- Author
- Lunge-Larsen/Mary Azarian, Lise
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0618103139
- ISBN 13
- 9780618103133
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Children's Illustrated, Signed, , .
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Illustrated;