Bit of a long shot but I'm trying to find a book I read in primary school sometime around 1996-1997.
All I can remember is that it was about a Viking adventurer who eventually visited North America. There's one bit I remember where they compare battle axes and the character mentions that the native American one is much lighter than his. The book was fairly long for a primary school book.
Literally that's all I've got to go on, I thought I'd post here on the chance it was a common book at the time.
Thanks for any help, my lad is just getting into reading properly and I'd like to give him the book as I remember being absolutely amazed by it at the time (despite not being able to remember any details now!)
Edit - one more thing I think I'm remembering right is that the main character was going to be beheaded and asked for his long hair to be held out of the way, and at the last second he moves, pulling the hands of the person holding his hair under the axe blade. The king (or whoever) finds it so funny he lets him go. But that seems a bit bloddy for primary school so maybe I've mixed another memory into it?
All I can remember is that it was about a Viking adventurer who eventually visited North America. There's one bit I remember where they compare battle axes and the character mentions that the native American one is much lighter than his. The book was fairly long for a primary school book.
Literally that's all I've got to go on, I thought I'd post here on the chance it was a common book at the time.
Thanks for any help, my lad is just getting into reading properly and I'd like to give him the book as I remember being absolutely amazed by it at the time (despite not being able to remember any details now!)
Edit - one more thing I think I'm remembering right is that the main character was going to be beheaded and asked for his long hair to be held out of the way, and at the last second he moves, pulling the hands of the person holding his hair under the axe blade. The king (or whoever) finds it so funny he lets him go. But that seems a bit bloddy for primary school so maybe I've mixed another memory into it?
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