The Famine Ships

The Irish Exodus to America

Nonfiction, History, Ireland, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Emigration & Immigration
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Author: Edward Laxton ISBN: 9781466855922
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publication: November 5, 2013
Imprint: Holt Paperbacks Language: English
Author: Edward Laxton
ISBN: 9781466855922
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Publication: November 5, 2013
Imprint: Holt Paperbacks
Language: English

Between 1846 and 1851, more than one-million people--the potato famine emigrants--sailed from Ireland to America. Now, 150 years later, The Famine Ships tells of the courage and determination of those who crossed the Atlantic in leaky, overcrowded sailing ships and made new lives for themselves, among them the child Henry Ford and the twenty-six-year-old Patrick Kennedy, great-grandfather of John F. Kennedy. Edward Laxton conducted five years of research in Ireland and interviewed the emigrants' descents in the U.S. Portraits of people, ships, and towns, as well as facsimile passenger lists and tickets, are among the fascinating memorabilia in The Famine Ships.

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Between 1846 and 1851, more than one-million people--the potato famine emigrants--sailed from Ireland to America. Now, 150 years later, The Famine Ships tells of the courage and determination of those who crossed the Atlantic in leaky, overcrowded sailing ships and made new lives for themselves, among them the child Henry Ford and the twenty-six-year-old Patrick Kennedy, great-grandfather of John F. Kennedy. Edward Laxton conducted five years of research in Ireland and interviewed the emigrants' descents in the U.S. Portraits of people, ships, and towns, as well as facsimile passenger lists and tickets, are among the fascinating memorabilia in The Famine Ships.

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