TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pumpurs,Andrejs
AU  - Cropley,A.J.
TI  - Bearslayer
AV  - PG 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Epic poetry
KW  - Epic literature, Latvian -- Adaptations
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C4%81%C4%8Dpl%C4%93sis; Release date is 2006-01-02; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Bearslayer: A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic" by Andrejs Pumpurs is an epic poem written between 1872 and 1887. Set during the Livonian Crusades, it follows the mythical hero Lāčplēsis, whose superhuman strength derives from a secret source. When Baltic gods gather to protect Latvians from Christian crusaders, Lāčplēsis must battle monsters, giants, and treacherous enemies. Alongside his beloved Laimdota and fellow hero Koknesis, he faces the Dark Knight in a climactic confrontation that will determine his people's fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17445
ER  -