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The wreckage block. Interviews with Plum, a merchant in Ólafsvík.
"Jakob Plum had Ólafsvík, a good-natured and simple man and not very lucky in his trade," says Espólín about the man who is the protagonist of this book.
Jakob Plum came to Ólafsvík at the age of 17 as an apprentice at the Danish Royal Store and took up a trade there when the monopoly was abolished in 1788. He is thus one of the first, if not the first "free traders" in Iceland, as those who started free trade in the country on their own were called.
Plum published two books, in which he recounts his trading history and human experiences at sea and land, tells of his encounters with Icelanders, and describes the parishes with which he was most familiar: the Ingjaldshóls and Fróðár parishes on Snæfellsnes.
Based on these sources, Einar Bragi has staged interviews with Jakob Plum, which are at once a fast-paced entertaining read, a memorable portrait, and a reliable account of the lives of the Icelandic people and their exchanges with foreign powers, all tempered with warm humor and sympathy for the plight of humanity.
The book is adorned with images from Iceland and Copenhagen at this time, so the reader can easily step back two centuries in time and live the lives of people who lived there.
"Jakob Plum had Ólafsvík, a good-natured and simple man and not very lucky in his trade," says Espólín about the man who is the protagonist of this book.
Jakob Plum came to Ólafsvík at the age of 17 as an apprentice at the Danish Royal Store and took up a trade there when the monopoly was abolished in 1788. He is thus one of the first, if not the first "free traders" in Iceland, as those who started free trade in the country on their own were called.
Plum published two books, in which he recounts his trading history and human experiences at sea and land, tells of his encounters with Icelanders, and describes the parishes with which he was most familiar: the Ingjaldshóls and Fróðár parishes on Snæfellsnes.
Based on these sources, Einar Bragi has staged interviews with Jakob Plum, which are at once a fast-paced entertaining read, a memorable portrait, and a reliable account of the lives of the Icelandic people and their exchanges with foreign powers, all tempered with warm humor and sympathy for the plight of humanity.
The book is adorned with images from Iceland and Copenhagen at this time, so the reader can easily step back two centuries in time and live the lives of people who lived there.