01198cam a2200277 4500 275662704 TxAuBib 20120616120000.0 001114s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 00053977 9780618103133 0618103139 DLC DLC TxAuBib Lunge-Larsen, Lise. The race of the Birkebeiners : a true story / written by Lise Lunge-Larsen ; illustrated by Mary Azarian. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2001. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. "Based on the account in "Hakon Hakonsson's saga," penned in 1264 by Sturla Tordsson.". Includes bibliographical references. Tells how the infant Prince Hakon is rescued by men fiercely loyal to his dead father, who ski across the rugged mountains in blizzard conditions to save him from his enemies, the Baglers. AD 660 Lexile. 20120616. Haakon IV Haakonsson King of Norway 1204-1263 Legends. Folklore Norway. Azarian, Mary, ill.