Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Wrath of the Norsemen -- Being Vikings -- The World the Vikings Made, Part One: From Russia to the British Isles -- The World the Vikings Made, Part Two: Normandy, The Atlantic, and North America -- Twilight of the Gods: Vikings, Kings, and Christianity -- Conquerors: The Norman Transformation -- Vikings into Scandinavians: From Games of Thrones to Mighty Fortresses -- Viking Heart Empire: King Gustavus Adolphus and the Scandinavian Century -- Scandinavians into Americans -- "We are coming, Father Abraham": Scandinavians in the American Civil War -- "More wonderful than riches": American Fever and the Great Migration -- Heroes: Shaping American Greatness -- Creators: Shaping American Democracy -- The Viking Heart Comes Home -- The Viking Heart in War and Peace -- The Viking Heart and the Land Beyond.

"From a New York Times best-selling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a sweeping epic of how the Vikings and their descendants have shaped history and America"--. Provided by publisher.