Never in history was there a more venturesome breed of men than the Vikings of Scandinavia. In their small, swift craft they ranged the coasts of Europe, North Africa, and even Asia, sailing far up the rivers to plunder, trade and exact tribute of hundreds of thousands of people.

Walter Buehr tells in this gripping account how they conquered the British Isles and colonized Iceland and Greenland. Then, long before the days of Christopher Columbus, they sailed on to become the first Europeans to land on the coasts of North America. 

From the dust jacket