At the time that I read this (1980), I had decided I wanted to visit Iceland and I wanted to learn Icelandic. So far, neither of those dreams have come true, but I haven't put much effort into that.

I enjoyed this book. ( )

1969 Daughter of Fire: A Portrait of Iceland, by Katharine Scherman (read 10 Jan 1986) I read on Aug 31, 1985, a book called Modern Iceland, by John C. Griffiths which I much enjoyed, so I read this book. It was not as worthwhile. This book is heavy on birds and natural history, and quite light on things that interest me more. It does give some history, but is really a lay view of Iceland history. Since there are only 210,000 people in Iceland, one wonders how so few people can be a nation. ( )