The New Icelanders: A North American Community by Arnason, David; Arnason, Vincent - 1994

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Turnstone Press, 1994. Second Printing . Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY EDITOR, Fine tan color oblong pictorial trade paperback. (May 1999), (1994), 8vo, [6], vii, [1], 1-104pp. "Includes an essay about the earliest establishment and de-establishment of New Iceland, essays and personal histories of Icelandic settlers, selections from settlers' letters and diaries." Contents: Preface --Sybil's song / David Arnason --The Icelanders in Manitoba : the myth of beginnings / David Arnason --Thorgri?mur Jo?nsson V / Kristjana Gunnars --Þogeir's bull, painting by Michael Olito --Friðjo?n Friðricksson --Manitoba free press, 1875 --The Constitution of New Iceland --Lord Dufferin's visit / Halldo?r Briem --The smallpox letter, March 13, 1877 / Augustus Baldwin --A few hints to Icelandic emigrants / Jo?hann Briem --Journey of Icelanders to America / Jo?hann Briem --Jo?n Bjarnason / Ingthor Isfeld --Ha?lfda?n Sugmundsson, mail carrier --A few words about icelandic settlement in Minnesota / Snorri Ho?gnason --Canada 1978 / W.D. Valgardson -- The sunfish / David Arnason --Gimli girls / David Arnason --Coming of age among the urban Icelanders : a West End youth / John S. Matthiasson -- From the secret diary of Svanhildur Sigurdson, age 12 / Lesley Peterson --Gimli, remembered / David Arnason --Two white churches / Wayne Gudmudson --The Icelanders in Minnesota / Bill Holm --The Icelandic emigration to Minneota, Minnesota / Bill Holm --Vietnamese cooking in Reykjavik / Bill Holm --Have you seen the Jo?lasveinar? / Leigh Syms -- Icelandic Canadian literature / Viðar Hreinsson --Western Icelandic dream / Lee Brandson --Sources for the Icelandic Canadian genealogist / Sigrid Johnson --Learning the Icelandic language / Sigrid Johnson --The Gimli waltz --A final word / David Arnason.