{"product_id":"willard-fiske-friend-and-benefactor-of-iceland-paperback-softback-9780935995220","title":"Willard Fiske; Friend and Benefactor of Iceland (Paperback \/ softback) 9780935995220","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWillard Fiske\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFriend and Benefactor of Iceland\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKristín Bragadóttir (Author), Patrick J. Stevens (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780935995220\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 December 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e286 pages, 72 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 1 map - 72 Halftones, black and white - 1 Maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the middle of the nineteenth century, the young American student Daniel Willard Fiske left college to embark on a sojourn in Denmark and Sweden that would eventually lead, in 1879, to a lengthy visit to Iceland.\u003c\/b\u003e By then, Fiske had become Cornell University's first university librarian and professor of Northern European languages, and had established the foremost book collection in private hands in America on Iceland and the medieval Norse world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKristín Bragadóttir explores in depth Fiske's fascination with Iceland and the Icelanders, with their language and literature, describing with admiration the solicitude this remarkable American intellectual, brilliant linguist, astute bibliophile, and enthusiastic chess advocate manifested for the remote island community as it fledged from a distant Danish dependency into a nation on the path of cultural and political self-determination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslator's Preface\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Forming the Idea\u003cbr\u003e 2. Maturing in Uppsala\u003cbr\u003e 3. Home (and Away Again)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Jennie\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Women in Willard's Life\u003cbr\u003e 6. Unforgotten Island to the North\u003cbr\u003e 7. Travel to Iceland Is Not for All\u003cbr\u003e 8. Arrival in Iceland\u003cbr\u003e 9. Terra Firma\u003cbr\u003e 10. Akureyri Sojourn\u003cbr\u003e 11. Amusement and Erudition, Blended\u003cbr\u003e 12. Reykjavík\u003cbr\u003e 13. Ancient Cultural Values\u003cbr\u003e 14. Showing Friends Respect\u003cbr\u003e 15. Circumnavigation\u003cbr\u003e 16. Education\u003cbr\u003e 17. Departure\u003cbr\u003e 18. Lasting Links\u003cbr\u003e 19. Devotion to Icelanders\u003cbr\u003e 20. Lifelong Correspondence\u003cbr\u003e 21. The Year with Jennie\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Will Case\u003cbr\u003e 23. Collecting Icelandic Imprints\u003cbr\u003e 24. From Strength to Strength\u003cbr\u003e 25. Icelandic Students Assist\u003cbr\u003e 26. State of the Libraries in Reykjavík\u003cbr\u003e 27. Creating Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e 28. Grímsey Fascination\u003cbr\u003e 29. The Charm of Chess\u003cbr\u003e 30. The Florence Decades\u003cbr\u003e 31. The Fiske Icelandic Collection\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Name Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Library","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584775385368,"sku":"9780935995220","price":20.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/willard-fiske-friend-and-benefactor-of-iceland-paperback-softback-9780935995220","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}