Author: Holand, Hjalmar Rued [1872-1963]
Title: A Pre-Columbian Crusade to America
Description: New York, Twayne, (1962). orig.cloth, dustwrapper.. 22x14cm, 203 pp.. Some minor rubbing. VG. In a lightly torn dustwrapper. ¶ Argues for the authenticity of the Kensington Rune Stone [purported Norse inscriptions found in Minnesota in 1898]. Contents: Greenland; King Magnus Orders an Expedition to Search for Lost Colonists; The Discovery & Rejection of the Kensington Stone; The Stone is Resurrected; The Route of the Expedition; The Size & Age of the Tree Above the Stone; The Weathering of the Inscription; The Reference to 'this Island'; Linguistic Objections; Runic Objections; Internal Evidence of the Inscription; A Forgotten Explorer; Stones That Speak; The Altar in the Wilderness; 14th-Century Arms & Implements found in Minnesota; Another Runic Inscription; The End of the Trail.

Keywords: Kensington Rune Stone, Minnesota, Runic Inscriptions, United States, North America, Norse Epigraphy, Rune Runes, Archaeological Hoax, Archeology Hoaxes, Viking Vikings