Icelanders in North America: The First Settlers

by Jonas Thor and Paul Hackett

Book Overview

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, thousands of Icelanders emigrated to both North and South America. Although the best known Icelandic settlements were in southern Manitoba, in the area that became known as New Iceland, Icelanders also established important settlements in Brazil, Minnesota, Utah, Wisconsin, Washington, Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia. Earlier accounts of this immigration have tended to concentrate on the history of New...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887556612
• ISBN13: 9780887556616
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.1" x 9.0"