My Parents: Memoirs of New World Icelanders is a collection of essays written by second-generation Icelandic immigrants in North America, describing the lives of their parents. Originally collected in 1956 by Dr. Finnbogi Gumundsson, the first Chair of Icelandic at the University of Manitoba, seven of the fourteen memoirs are translated here from Icelandic to English. They offer a rare first-hand look into the lives of New World immigrants of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Readers are invited straight into the heart of these people's lives, from social evenings...
My Parents: Memoirs of New World Icelanders is a collection of essays written by second-generation Icelandic immigrants in North America, de...
As born out by the list of contents of this book the author is mainly interested in old Icelandic literature, the works of Snorri Sturluson and Orkneyinga Saga, in particular, as well as in Icelandic emigrants to North America and their attitude towards Iceland with special emphasis on the poet Stephan G. Stephansson as a key person in that respect. The articles on the National Library of Iceland and remarks on the role of the book in Iceland are of course in order for the National Librarian and the articles on Icelandic identity and family reunions show the author's interest in Icelandic...
As born out by the list of contents of this book the author is mainly interested in old Icelandic literature, the works of Snorri Sturluson and Orkney...