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The Famine Ships: The Irish Exodus to America
The Famine Ships The Irish Exodus to America
Author: Edward Laxton
Between 1846 and 1851, more than one-million people--the potato famine emigrants--sailed from Ireland to America. Now, 150 years later, The Famine Ships tells of the courage and determination of those who crossed the Atlantic in leaky, overcrowded sailing ships and made new lives for themselves, among them the child Henry Ford and the twenty-six...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780805053135
ISBN-10: 0805053131
Publication Date: 3/1997
Pages: 250
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Publisher: Henry Holt Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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I found this book to be very well researched. This should be of interest to anyone who has Irish ancestory.


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