10 edition of The long ships passing found in the catalog.
The long ships passing
Walter Havighurst
Published
1942
by The Macmillan company in New York
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | by Walter Havighurst, illustrated by John O"Hara Cosgrave II. |
| Contributions | Cosgrave, John O"Hara, 1908-1968, illus. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | F551 .H38 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | viii, 291 p. incl. front., illus. |
| Number of Pages | 291 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL6437835M |
| LC Control Number | 42018481 |
Unearthing a Viking treasure. In my career as a reader I have encountered only three people who knew The Long Ships, and all of them, like me, loved it for four: from this tiny but irrefutable sample I dare to extrapolate that this novel, first published in Sweden during the Second World War, stands ready, given the chance, to bring lasting pleasure to every single human . Ships That Pass In The Night, Song, The Words by Longfellow, No. 2 in Eb Sheet music – January 1, by T. Wilkinson Stephenson (Author) See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Price New from Used from Sheet music, January 1, Author: T. Wilkinson Stephenson.
There's a saga quality to both substance and handling in this story of the Vikings in the Tenth Century. Orm, captured by marauders from the Swedish homeland where his father was a pirate chieftain, spends his growing years with his captors and becomes their leader. Their long ships ranged the seas from their native Denmark to Spain where they too were enslaved by the Moors. About this Item: NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS, United Kingdom, Paperback. Condition: New. Language: English. Brand new Book. A beloved Viking saga and masterpiece of historical fiction, The Long Ships is a high spirited adventure that stretches from Scandinavia to .
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. "The Theologian's Tale" ("Elizabeth"), Stanza IV. . The Long Ships () Trivia. Showing all 12 items. Richard Widmark turned the film down four times before finally agreeing to do it on the condition that good friend Sidney Poitier do the part of the villain, a piece of casting that producers initially objected to. 15 of
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A popular history of navigation on the Great Lakes and life on their shores, The Long Ships Passing brings us aboard the crafts that have plowed the waves of the treacherous "five sisters" carrying the grain, lumber, and minerals that fed and built the cities of America.
Walter Havighurst paints vivid pictures of life-and death-on the lakes /5(13). A popular history of navigation on the Great Lakes and life on their shores, The Long Ships Passing brings us aboard the crafts that have plowed the waves of the treacherous "five sisters" carrying the grain, lumber, and minerals that fed and built the cities of America/5.
The Long Ships Passing - The Story of the Great Lakes Paperback – May 1, by Walter Havighurt (Author) out of 5 stars 13 ratings. See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions.
Price New from Used from Hardcover "Please retry" $ $ $ Paperback "Please retry" $ $Cited by: 4. The Long Ships or Red Orm (original Swedish: Röde Orm meaning Red Serpent or Red Snake) is an adventure novel by the Swedish writer Frans G.
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The two books were published in a single volume in the United States and England in as The Long Ships. During the Second World War, Bengtsson was outspoken in his opposition to the Nazis, refusing to allow for a Norwegian translation of The Long Ships while the country was still under German occupation.
He died in after a long s: Directed by Jack Cardiff. With Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn, Rosanna Schiaffino. A vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find "The Mother of All Voices", a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules.
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We have new and used copies available, in 2 editions - starting at $ Shop now. The film was very loosely based on the Swedish novel The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson (–), retaining little more than the title (of the English translation) and the Moorish settings of Orm's first voyage. THE LONG SHIPS PASSING.
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The long ships passing, the story of the Great lakes. [Walter Havighurst; John O'Hara Cosgrave, II]. Genre/Form: History: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Havighurst, Walter, Long ships passing. New York: Macmillan, (OCoLC)“Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tales of a Wayside Inn.Genre/Form: History: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Havighurst, Walter, Long ships passing.
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