You wouldn’t want to sail on an irish famine ship : a trip across the Atlantic you'd rather not make

Pipe, Jim, 1966-

Book 2008

A look at Irish immigrants who came to the United States to escape the potato famine.

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Immigrants United States History 19th century Juvenile literature

Irish Americans History 19th century Juvenile literature

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ISBN:

9780531148549

Description:

32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Irish famine ship

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

Before the famine
The workhouse
The great hunter
Get out!
The famine ship
Bon voyage
Staying alive
Stormy weather
Iceberg!
The "coffin ships"
The island of death
Journey's end

Control Number:

953567

Other Authors:

Antram, David, 1958-

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