Author : Rev Jon Sveinsson S J
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988656390
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (563 download)
Book Synopsis A Journey Across Iceland by : Rev Jon Sveinsson S J
Download or read book A Journey Across Iceland written by Rev Jon Sveinsson S J and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Jon Sveinsson wrote this travelogue in 1894, there is no way he could have known of the fame he would one day acquire as a writer. In fact, it was not until some twenty years later that his children's book "Lost in the Arctic" ... was first published ... and the fame of 'Nonni' ([his] boyhood Icelandic nickname) spread ... his books were eventually translated into some 40 languages ... Jon Sveinsson is the only Jesuit priest ever born in Iceland. He left his homeland as a boy ... to follow [the] call ... Still longing to follow his dream to become a missionary, he ... volunteered to travel to Iceland in order to care for the souls of his fellow countrymen"--Publisher's foreword.