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Life on a Famine Ship: A Journal of the Irish Famine 1845-1850
By Duncan Crosbie, Peter Bull Studios (illustrator) and Brian Lee (illustrator)
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Publisher Barrons Juveniles
Publication date October 1, 2006
Pages 24
Binding Hardcover
Edition Pop
Book category Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780764160042
ISBN-10 0764160044
Dimensions 1 by 8.75 by 10 in.
Weight 1.88 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $16.99
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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 of the sailing ship Dunbrody, bound for North America, where the family strives to rebuild a life in the New World.Young Michael's family is hard-hit by the Irish potato famine of the 1840's, and so they make the decision to emigrate to America, but they have no idea how horrible life on the cramped ship will be.
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9780764160042 | details & prices | 24 pages | 8.75 × 10.00 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 1.88 lbs | List price $16.99
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