Willem Lange came up with the idea for A Dream of Dragons more than five decades ago when it helped him win the heart of the young woman he now calls his wife.
A Dream of Dragons is a fascinating tale! In this true modern saga,
Olav Erikson and his son Martin pursue their destiny against a
background of stark natural beauty. The author heard parts of this
story years ago from the son's wife and has recreated the whole of
their adventure in a narrative poem. The young Olav, sailing west
from Norway to Labrador in a boat more fragile than the ships of
his Viking ancestors, is haunted on the harsh seas by the
flickering dragon-fires of the night sky and the distant threat of
Thor's hammer. It's as if the Norse gods first inspire his odyssey
and then pursue him, and later his son, to their dramatic ends. --
Robert Siegel, author of Finches: New & Selected Poems
A Dream of Dragons: A Saga in Verse is a beautifully illustrated
tale which spans the old and the new worlds. A journey across the
North Atlantic at the turn of the twentieth century in the wake of
the Vikings of old ends in love and loss, joy and sorrow, as the
dragon-fires dance in the night, evoking longing and memories in
the hearts of men. -- Astrid Ogilvie, author of The Iceberg in the
Mist, Fellow, Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research, University of
Colorado at Boulder
Willem Lange has carved with his talents and his dreams a character
of the north woods, not unlike the poet he has always admired,
Robert Frost. With an eye to the grains of New England woods and a
nose for the textures and odors of the great evergreen wilderness
that stretches into Canada, he has become a bard of the cold, stony
land of life and adventures that expand in his imagination as he
brings us a saga of imagination, and draws us into a dream that
travels from Norway to Iceland, to Greenland, and to the far
northern wastes of Canada and our great American continent. Like
the great Icelandic tales, his dream is vivid, sensitive to the
sights and sounds of the North, and like them, is a realization of
the Viking blend of curiosity and adventure, ranging from deep joys
to heart-piercing sorrows. -- Alan T. Gaylord, Professor Emeritus,
Dartmouth College
"A Dream of Dragons is a fascinating tale! In this true modern
saga, Olav Erikson and his son Martin pursue their destiny against
a background of stark natural beauty. The author heard parts of
this story years ago from the son's wife and has recreated the
whole of their adventure in a narrative poem. The young Olav,
sailing west from Norway to Labrador in a boat more fragile than
the ships of his Viking ancestors, is haunted on the harsh seas by
the flickering dragon-fires of the night sky and the distant threat
of Thor's hammer. It's as if the Norse gods first inspire his
odyssey and then pursue him, and later his son, to their dramatic
ends."
"A Dream of Dragons: A Saga in Verse is a beautifully illustrated
tale which spans the old and the new worlds. A journey across the
North Atlantic at the turn of the twentieth century in the wake of
the Vikings of old ends in love and loss, joy and sorrow, as the
dragon-fires dance in the night, evoking longing and memories in
the hearts of men."
"Willem Lange has carved with his talents and his dreams a
character of the north woods, not unlike the poet he has always
admired, Robert Frost. With an eye to the grains of New England
woods and a nose for the textures and odors of the great evergreen
wilderness that stretches into Canada, he has become a bard of the
cold, stony land of life and adventures that expand in his
imagination as he brings us a saga of imagination, and draws us
into a dream that travels from Norway to Iceland, to Greenland, and
to the far northern wastes of Canada and our great American
continent. Like the great Icelandic tales, his dream is vivid,
sensitive to the sights and sounds of the North, and like them, is
a realization of the Viking blend of curiosity and adventure,
ranging from deep joys to heart-piercing sorrows."
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