by ThomasGallagher (Author)
Ireland in the mid-1800s was primarily a population of peasants, forced to live on a single, moderately nutritious crop: potatoes. Suddenly, in 1846, an unknown and uncontrollable disease turned the potato crop to inedible slime, and all Ireland was threatened. Index.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Publisher: Harcourt Brace International
Published: 13 May 1987
ISBN 10: 0156707004
ISBN 13: 9780156707008