You wouldn't want to sail on an Irish famine ship! : a trip across the Atlantic you'd rather not make

Título
You wouldn't want to sail on an Irish famine ship! : a trip across the Atlantic you'd rather not make

Jim, Pipe

Resumen
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
2008

You wouldn't want to

Descripción física
32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.

Nota general
Includes index and glossary.

Contenido
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
Irish Americans -- History. -- 19th century.
 
Immigrants -- United States -- History. -- 19th century.
 
Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
 
Ocean travel -- History -- 19th century.

Término geográfico
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
 
United States -- Immigration and emigration -- History. -- 19th century.
 
Ireland -- Immigration and emigration -- History -- 19th century.

Autor añadido
Antram, David, 1958-

Síntesis
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
9780531139134
 
9780531148549

Información de publicación
New York : Franklin Watts, c2008.


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