Life on a Famine Ship: A Journal of the Irish Famine 1845-1850

by Duncan Crosbie

Nine-year-old Michael O'Connor's story is typical of the two million Irish people who fled the Great Famine of Ireland between 1845 and 1850. We accompany Michael and his family through repeated failures of the potato crop that force them to leave Ireland. They seek passage on the sailing ship Dunbrody, bound for North America, where the family strives to rebuild a life in the New World. This beautifully illustrated book is packed with facts and real-life...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0717139603
• ISBN13: 9780717139606
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Gill Books
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.9" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher