The Famine Ships
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Emigration & Immigration, History
| Author: | Edward Laxton | ISBN: | 9781408884003 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | August 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Paperbacks | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edward Laxton |
| ISBN: | 9781408884003 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | August 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Paperbacks |
| Language: | English |
Between 1846 and 1851 more than a million Irish people, the famine claimed a million lives. The Famine Ships tells the sory of the courage and determination of those who crossed the Atlantic in leaky, overcrowded saiilng ships and made new lives for themselves, among them William Ford, father of Henry Ford, and twenty-six-year-old Patrick Kennedy, great-grandfather of John F. Kennedy.
Between 1846 and 1851 more than a million Irish people, the famine claimed a million lives. The Famine Ships tells the sory of the courage and determination of those who crossed the Atlantic in leaky, overcrowded saiilng ships and made new lives for themselves, among them William Ford, father of Henry Ford, and twenty-six-year-old Patrick Kennedy, great-grandfather of John F. Kennedy.
