Coffin Ship: The Great Irish Famine: The Wreck of the Brig St. John
by:
William Henry (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B005FLE66I
Publish date: July 11th 2011
Publisher: Mercier Press
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
3.5 Stars The Irish Famine drove huge numbers of people to leave Ireland and sail for new lands. In 1847 200,000 people sailed for Boston alone. Of this number around 2000 never made it to their destination, killed by disease and hunger during their voyage, their remains consigned to the sea. Th...
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