The Farfarers

A bold, controversial take on early transatlantic contact, The Farfarers argues that ancient Europeans reached North America long before the Vikings or Columbus, drawing on archaeology, artifacts, and cultural parallels.

Farley Mowat builds a case for a lost seafaring people who left traces behind, blending investigation with narrative to challenge established history—part detective story, part historical revision, and wholly intent on rethinking who got there first.