Leif the Lucky: A Romantic Saga of the Sons of Erik the Red
New York: Century Co., 1926. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.
Publisher's olive-green cloth; blind stamped Viking ship on front; gilt spine titles. No cloth fading. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Spine tips pushed, lower spine small eight-inch split on lower spine band.
The rare and rarely seen Dust Jacket is price-clipped; has several edge chips, mostly at head/heel of spine and flap folds; some age soiling on the white back panel. 8vo; 19.5 cm.; 7.5 inches tall; 346 pages. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Item #009623
The author, Clara Sharpe Hough, was a newspaperwoman who, with her husband Charles Hough, owned the Falmouth Enterprise (MA) newspaper for many years. She was also an author of fiction books. In this work of historical fiction, she draws from the adventure and romance of the Old Norse Sagas, specifically the Saga of Erik the Red and the Greenlander Saga.
It tells the story of Leif, Erik's son, who embarks with his brother Thorwald on their seafaring adventures between Norway, Greenland and America in the year 1000. Rather than focusing on the eventual discovery of Vinland, as related in the sagas, this story embellishes Leif's romantic entanglements: his passion for Gudrid, but also his love affair with Brenda (Thorgunna in the saga), and the child borne out the affair.
Though he leaves Brenda, she eventually sends the child to Greenland to be with Leif. He is then rejected by Gudrid and further complications arise involving his brother Thorwald and his friend Karlsefni. Amidst this drama, Christianity is also being introduced to the Greenland settlers.
Price: $195.00
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