The Irish potato famine
Subtitle: Irish immigrants come to America (1845-1850)
By: Jeremy Thornton.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Primary sources of immigration and migration in America
Publisher: PowerKids Press/Rosen Pub. Group; Rosen Publishing Group
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Irish Americans -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Irish Americans -- History -- 19th century.; Immigrants -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852 -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Ireland -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.; Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nineteenth-century immigrants; title: Life in Ireland; title: Famine strikes; title: Evictions; title: The coffin ships; title: Arriving in America; title: Life in America; title: Irish communities; title: Famous Irish Americans; title: Irish Americans today.