Letters to Icelanders: Exploring the Northern Soul

Wylie, Betty Jane

ISBN 10: 0771576358 / ISBN 13: 9780771576355

Published by Macmillan Canada, Toronto, ON, 1999

About this Item

SIGNED BY BETTY JANE WYLIE on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; previous owner's name on ffep; otherwise absolute minimal wear; This book explores the heritage for those of Icelandic descent. Letter to younger generation tell of how they came to be in North America, the strength of the people who came, the experiences that forged their communities and the power of the northern soul.

Seller Inventory # 009324

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Letters to Icelanders: Exploring the Northern Soul
• Publisher: Macmillan Canada, Toronto, ON
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0771576358
• ISBN 13: 9780771576355
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)

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Synopsis

Reminiscent of W.H. Auden's Letters From Iceland, Betty Jane Wylie has used an epistolary format to reach out to Icelanders past and present. Through a series of letters to grandparents, cousins, children and grandchildren, Wylie assembles the threads of her experiences and those of her ancestors as she weaves an answer to the question "Who am I?"Letters to Icelanders features early Icelandic and Canadian history, recipes, poetry, sagas, travelogue and tales. As Wylie answers questions for herself, readers will be recovering memories of their own, and be prompted to ask themselves (and their relatives) how they became who they are.For a nation of immigrants -- from the English, the Scots and the Irish to the South Asians, the Somalis, and the Vietnamese -- such inquiries are essential if we are to feel comfortable in our place in the cultural mosaic.