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___________________'A splendid book'- Irish TimesBetween 1846 and 1851, the Great Famine claimed more than a million Irish lives. The Famine Ships tells the story of the courage and determination of those who crossed the Atlantic in leaky, overcrowded sailing ships and made new lives for themselves, among them William Ford, father of Henry Ford, and twenty-six-year-old Patrick Kennedy, great-grandfather of John F. Kennedy.
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- Author
- Laxton, Edward
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Paperbacks
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780805058444
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Sociology, History
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