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

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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.

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Sail on an Irish famine ship

Date de publication comme intervalle:

2008

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You wouldn't want to

Description matérielle:

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

Note générale:

Includes index and glossary.

Table des matières:

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.

Terme de vedette-matière:

Irish Americans -- History. -- 19th century.

Immigrants -- United States -- History. -- 19th century.

Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.

Ocean travel -- History -- 19th century.

Terme géographique:

Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.

United States -- Immigration and emigration -- History. -- 19th century.

Ireland -- Immigration and emigration -- History -- 19th century.

Vedette secondaire auteur:

Antram, David, 1958-

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN):

9780531139134

9780531148549

Informations de publication:

New York : Franklin Watts, c2008.

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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.