Project Gutenberg 2012-09-24 Public domain in the USA. 660 Wallace, Frederick William 1886 1958 The Viking Blood: A Story of Seafaring E-text prepared by sp1nd, Matthew Wheaton, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "The Viking Blood: A Story of Seafaring" by Frederick William Wallace is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around Donald Percival McKenzie, a boy from Glasgow, whose journey unfolds against the backdrop of his family's rich seafaring heritage and the challenges he faces when dealing with class distinctions and aspirations shaped by his parental influences. The opening of the story introduces readers to Donald Percival's dual identity, partially molded by his father's insistence on the name "Donald" over the more genteel "Percival," reflecting the family's roots and aspirations. Set during Donald's childhood, the chapter explores the tension between his mother, Janet McKenzie, and father, Captain Alec McKenzie, as they navigate expectations of social status and family pride. The narrative delves into themes of identity, class consciousness, and the pressures of familial ambition, highlighting the struggles Donald faces as he seeks acceptance among peers while grappling with his own sense of self and the lure of the sea that calls to him from his father's tales and experiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40853/40853-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Seafaring life -- Fiction PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 896009 2025-08-16T13:50:00.559689 text/html 922027 2024-10-23T10:59:55 text/html 1921159 2025-08-16T13:50:10.017650 application/epub+zip 1931414 2025-08-16T13:50:02.124648 application/epub+zip 413280 2025-08-16T13:50:01.346665 application/epub+zip 2160518 2025-08-16T13:50:16.495602 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2092704 2025-08-16T13:50:09.217632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 579019 2022-09-18T16:56:10.557850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 826895 2025-08-16T13:49:59.207671 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 806906 2024-10-23T10:59:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16204 2025-08-16T13:50:16.640586 application/rdf+xml 17457 2025-08-16T13:50:01.449669 image/jpeg 2665 2025-08-16T13:50:01.397666 image/jpeg 1869332 2025-08-16T13:50:00.707678 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia