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A Look at 20th Century Chicago Author Ottilie Liljencrantz (Adults)

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Join us as we learn more about Ottilie Liljencrantz, author of several novels surrounding Swedish heritage, from Geneva's Friends of the Viking Ship!

A representative from Geneva's Friends of the Viking Ship will share the history of Ottilie Liljencrantz, Chicago author of several novels surrounding Swedish heritage, and share clips from the silent Film, The Viking (1928) based on her novel The Thrall of Leif the Lucky. Some of Ottilie's works include The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days (1902), The Ward of King Canute (1903), The Vinland Champions (1904), Randvar the Songsmith: A Romance of Norumbega (1906), and A Viking's Love and Other Tales of the North (1911, published posthumously).

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