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The Maine penny, also referred to as the Goddard coin, is a Norwegian silver coin dating to the reign of Olaf Kyrre King of Norway (1067–1093 AD). It was claimed to be discovered in Maine in 1957, and it has been suggested as evidence of Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact .
A coin similar to the Maine penny. Unusual finds at the site include worked copper, including some of European origin that were found in a Late Ceramic period grave of two children, alongside clay artifacts. [3] The most unusual find, however, is the Maine penny, a silver coin of Norse origin, dating to the reign of Olaf Kyrre (1067–1093 AD ...
This entry should be updated in the light of the discussion of the Maine Penny in Gordon Campbell's Norse America: the Story of a Founding Myth (Oxford University Press, 2021), pp. 167-72. Unlike far too much of what has been written about the Northmen in North America this is a sober, non-partisan and scholarly book.
About the controversial Norse penny found at a prehistoric Indian site on the Maine coast; Book reviews and information for TWO ESSAYS: CHIEF & GREED by Edmund Carpenter, PhD and PATTERNS THAT CONNECT by Carl Schuster and Edmund Carpenter Archived 2007-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
A book review is a form of literary criticism in which a book is merely described (summary review) or analyzed based on content, style, and merit. [ 1 ] A book review may be a primary source , an opinion piece, a summary review, or a scholarly view. [ 2 ]
Her book sales came, for the most part, from book clubs and through serialization in magazines. Her book sales diminished appreciably within her lifetime, and Moore was eventually dropped by her publisher. Today her books are re-printed by a small press in Maine, and her books are often sold in Maine book and souvenir shops.
A writer and publicist by trade, he made a private hobby of collecting historical materials related to Long Island which eventually amounted to what is today called the Long Island Collection (formerly known as the Morton Pennypacker Long Island Collection), which contains some 20,000 odd books, papers, manuscripts, pictures, and other ...
Midwest Book Review was established in 1976. [1] The editor-in-chief of the organization is James A. Cox. [2] [3] The review puts out nine publications on a monthly basis, with a focus on community and academic library organizations, booksellers, and the general reading public. [4]