Sigurd lived in Norway at the time of the ancient Vikings. A Viking boy was expected to be prepared for an adventuresome and rugged life, so Sigurd's father, Olaf the Strong, taught him to be stalwart and courageous. The lessons were hard, but Sigurd practiced well.

He heard wonderful stories about Wineland, a land far across the sea. Some people said that it didn't exist at all. But Sigurd yearned to go there. The day came when his father said he might go, and he set sail in a Viking ship for that faraway land.

The trip was long and perilous, and Sigurd found that he needed all the lessons his father had taught him. There were treacherous men aboard, and he would have to outwit his enemies and the dangerous sea in order to return to his homeland safely.

Viking Adventure is an exciting story of a young man who learned to combine wisdom and courage. Sigurd was a young boy much like a boy of today, but his training and his life were very different. Clyde Robert Bulla, a beloved storyteller, has given strength and simplicity to this authentic tale of a rugged people.

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