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The Irish famine / written by Gail Seekamp and Pierce Feiritear.
- Title
- The Irish famine / written by Gail Seekamp and Pierce Feiritear.
- Author
- Seekamp, Gail.
- Publication
- Phibsboro, Dublin [Ireland] : Pixie Books, c2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | DA950.7 .S44 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Feiritear, Pierce.
- Description
- 48 p. : ill., 1 map; 17 x 22 cm.
- Summary
- In 1845 the potato crops in Ireland failed, destroyed by a virulent blight. This started six years of periodic blight and poor crop yields, starvations and disease. A tragedy for Ireland's poor, who lived almost entirely on potatoes, the Irish Famine killed a million people and caused two million more to emigrate. this survey of the years of human suffering gives a thoughtful account of the historical events that changed Ireland forever. -- Publisher description
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Title from cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The coming of the blight -- the background to the famine -- 1845-46 famine looms -- The harvest fails again -- Governments response -- Soup kitchens -- Black '47 -- Widespread homelessness -- Emigration -- The aftermath.
- ISBN
- 9780954354428 (pbk.)
- 0954354427 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2009529568
- OCLC
- 463867637
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library