New England's Viking and Indian Wars (New England's Collectible Classics) [Paperback]

Robert Cahill (Author)

Book Description

Series: New England's Collectible Classics | Publication Date: May 1, 1986

Stories based on the history between the Vikings and the Indians. This book is dedicated to the now deceased Lorenzo Jeffers, Chief of the Wampanoags.

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New England's Collectible Classics Series
Book #1 Witches & Wizards
Book #2 Ghostly Haunts
Book #3 Marvelous Monsters
Book #4 Mad & Mysteries Men
Book #5 Strange Sea Sagas
Book #6 Finding N.E.'s Shipwrecks
Book #7 War Wonders
Book #8 Visitors From Outer Space
Book #9 The Horrors of Salem's Witch Dungeon
Book #10 The Old Irish of N.E.
Book #11 Naughty Navy
Book #12 Viking & Indian Wars
Book #13 Riotous Revolution
Book #14 Pirates & Lost Treasures
Book #15 Mountain Madness
Book #16 Things That Go Bump in the Night
Book #17 Strange Superstitions
Book #18 Ancient Mysteries
Book #19 Haunted Ships of the N. Atlantic
Book #20 Sugar & Spice
Book #21 Haunted Happenings
Book #22 Amazing Fish Stories
Book #23 Strange Beliefs, Customs & Superstitions
Book #24 Christmas Memories
Book #25 Cruel & Unusual Punishments
Book #26 Curious Customs & Cures
Book #27 Lighthouse Mysteries of the N. Atlantic

From the Author

An award winning book about the travels and battles of the Vikings in North America, taken from ancient Norweigan writings, Evidence is presented on how and why the Vikings'"Vinland" was actually Cape Cod, and could not have been any-where else.Indian histories also reveal Viking landings here,as do recently discovered artifacts.This book traces Vikings and Indians in battle up through King Philip's War.
Bob Cahill

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Product Details

• Paperback: 56 pages
• Publisher: Old Saltbox Pub Co (May 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916787117
• ISBN-13: 978-0916787110
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,397,095 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book has made me want to know more..., September 15, 2010

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Christopher P. Obert (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New England's Viking and Indian Wars (New England's Collectible Classics) (Paperback)

I read this book as part of my research on the history of New England for a book I am working on and I found the information to be interesting and helpful. I especially enjoyed the first part of the book as it went into discussing the Viking visits to New England. Many of the stories I found very fascinating and plausible. I did however find a few parts at the end of the book relating to the Indians encounters with the English did not match the facts that I have read in other books. At first I though that "This guy got it all wrong!" but after rethinking the book, I have decide to do more research to fine out (if possible) what is truth and what is fiction then it comes to the Native Americans of New England. This book has made me want to know more and I think that is the sign of a good book!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Review of the Viking American Explorations, August 3, 2006

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OtherWorlds&Wisdom (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New England's Viking and Indian Wars (New England's Collectible Classics) (Paperback)

Many historians continue to claim the Leif Ericson's Vinland wasn't Cape Cod, but the Viking sagas seem to clearly contradict those skepticisms. A cape "that projected northward from the land itself" and the "peninsula's sharp elbow" sound very much like Cape Cod. And it was here that wild grapes grew which has always been the clearest thorn in the attempts to place Vinland farther north.

Cahill details the Norse sagas many references to Vinland. Perhaps most telling is when Bishop Bardson arrived in Greenland, found the Vikings missing and declared they had "turned to the people of Vinland." The author goes on to describe how Giovanni Verrazano would later meet "fair-skinned" Indians. Verrazano would also tell his king of a Norman Villla discovered in what is now Newport, Rhode Island (known as the "Newport Tower"). Described as "round with eight pillars supporting eight arches" it had a lookout tower facing the sea.

The author continues with many intriguing finds that Vikings left along the coast. There is no debate that the Vikings explored and settled America long before Columbus and did so for many years. The details of these travels deserve more careful research and field work.