The Famine Ships
Subtitle: The Irish Exodus to America
Publisher: Owl Books
Published: March 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780805058444
Subjects: Ireland; United States; History: World; History; United States - Antebellum Era; History - U.S.; Minority Studies - Ethnic American; Irish Americans; Immigrants; United States - 19th Century/Gilded Age; History / General; Famines; Europe - Ireland; 19th century
First sentence: For an island nation during the last century, the sea was the only link with the outside world.