Vermont Humanities
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The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman

Nancy Marie Brown tells how archaeological digs in Newfoundland, Greenland, and Iceland inform the story of Gudrid the Far-Traveler, a mythical Viking woman who came to the New World 500 years before Columbus.

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Nancy Marie Brown

Nancy is the author of six general interest books and one young adult novel, and spends part of each summer in Iceland leading history and horseback tours.