The famine ships : the Irish exodus to America
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- ISBN: 0805053131
- ISBN: 9780805053135
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Physical Description:
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vi, 250 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm - Edition: 1st American edition
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt, 1997.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. Originally published: Great Britain : Bloomsbury Pub., 1996. |
Formatted Contents Note: | From Dublin's fair city -- Catholic persecution -- Land of the free -- Hunger and exile -- The voyage of the Jamestown and others -- The fords of Fairlane -- In Widow McCormack's cabbage patch -- A noble rescue -- Comfort for the convicts -- Joy of my heart -- Surviving the icebergs -- Flags for convenience -- On the way to the White House -- The famine ships sail again -- A miraculous escape -- Life in America -- From Wexford to Wexford -- The smallest in the famine fleet -- The absence of evidence -- Finding a scapegoat -- Ship's cook for a shilling -- The brave men of Nantucket -- Ireland forever. |
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