In 1783 to 1784 a long eruptive fissure opened up in Lakagígar causing tremendous damage to all livelyhood. Reverend Jón Steingrímsson is  then trusted for a large sum of money that is meant to assist the society in the surrounding area to recover. In this book historian Jón Einarsson brings the reader his research into how that rescue mission went. 
 
ISBN 9789935466303
Author Jón Kristinn Einarsson 
Publisher Sögufélagið, 2022
Format Paperback, 19 cm 
Pages 264