You wouldn't want to sail on an Irish famine ship! : a trip across the Atlantic you'd rather not make
Título
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You wouldn't want to sail on an Irish famine ship! : a trip across the Atlantic you'd rather not make
Jim, Pipe
Resumen
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Describes the potato famine that struck Ireland in the 1840s, and discusses what life was like on the ships that the Irish took to America in order to escape the famine.
Sail on an Irish famine ship
Fecha de publicación como intervalo
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2008
You wouldn't want to
Descripción física
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32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.
Nota general
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Includes index and glossary.
Contenido
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Before the famine -- The workhouse -- The great hunger -- Get out! -- The famine ship -- Bon voyage -- Staying alive -- Stormy weather -- Iceberg! -- The "coffin ships" -- The island of death -- Journey's end.
Término de la materia
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Irish Americans -- History. -- 19th century.
Immigrants -- United States -- History. -- 19th century.
Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
Ocean travel -- History -- 19th century.
Término geográfico
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Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
United States -- Immigration and emigration -- History. -- 19th century.
Ireland -- Immigration and emigration -- History -- 19th century.
Autor añadido
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Antram, David, 1958-
Síntesis
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Describes the potato famine that struck Ireland in the 1840s, and discusses what life was like on the ships that the Irish took to America in order to escape the famine.
ISBN
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9780531139134
9780531148549
Información de publicación
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New York : Franklin Watts, c2008.
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