The great famine
By: Feargal Brougham and Caroline Farrell
Contributors: Farrell, Caroline
Series: Step up Ireland; Step up Ireland
Publisher: Evans
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780237533915
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Famines; History
Description: Explores the causes and impact of the Great Famine in Ireland. Include notes for teachers and parents. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What was the Great Famine?; title: Ireland before the Famine; title: Potato blight; title: The land system; title: Peel's brimstone; title: 1846; title: the crop fails again; title: The workhouse; title: Eviction; title: Black '47; title: Famine stories; title: Emigration and the 'Coffin ships'; title: Legacy of the Famine.