02240cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000430011324500430015626400510019930000470025033600260029733700260032333800360034950000310038550801980041652011890061453400450180365300300184885600430187899900170192140853UtSlPG20260610133932.0mcr n260607r2012||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aWallace, Frederick William,d1886-195814aThe Viking Blood: A Story of Seafaring 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2012  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2012-09-24  aE-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)  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aSeafaring life -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40853  c81692d81692