The Famine Ships: The Irish Exodus to America

About this book

Between 1846 and 1851, more than one-million people—the potato famine emigrants—sailed from Ireland to America. 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-year-old Patrick Kennedy, great-grandfather of John F. Kennedy. Edward Laxton conducted five years of research in Ireland and interviewed the emigrants' descents in the United States. Portraits of people, ships, and towns, as well as facsimile passenger lists and tickets, are among the fascinating memorabilia in The Famine Ships.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780805058444

Publisher

Holt Paperbacks

Published

March 15, 1998

Pages

256

Weight

12.8 oz

Subject

Social Science