by Arthur Gribben (Editor), Ruth-AnnHarris (Editor)
Nearly 1.5 million Irish women, men and children sailed to America to escape the Great Famine, triggered by successive years of potato blight. This volume commemorates these epochal events and sheds new light on both the consequences of the famine and the experience of the Irish in America.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 31 Jan 1999
ISBN 10: 1558491732
ISBN 13: 9781558491731