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Hero Tales of the Far North

by Jacob A. Riis

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The Danish-born reformer of How the Other Half Lives tells Americans about the heroes of his northern homeland: a knight errant of the sea, Hans Egede the apostle of Greenland, Gustav Vasa the father of Sweden, the warrior bishop Absalon, King Valdemar and the Dannebrog flag, Christian IV and others.

Lively short biographies written to introduce immigrants’ heroes to their new country. Download the free EPUB.

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