Woodham-Smith, Cecil.

The Great Hunger: 1845-1849.

New York, Old Town Books, 1962. 15cm x 22cm. XII, 510 pages with many illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Minor, very small tear to rear dustjacket flap. Otherwise in very good, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare. Out of print.

Includes for example the following essays: Famine Fneral at Skibbereen / The Central Soup Depot in Cork / An Eviction / William Smith O’Brien / James Hack Tuke / A map of Ireand in the 1840s showing most of the places named / etc.

The story of the Irish potato famine of the 1840s which killed one million people and sent hundreds of thousands to the new world. This book is widely regarded as the classic account of the disaster. Woodham-Smith focuses on the tragedy in Ireland and the effect it had in America and Canada where many of the emigrants headed. This hardback American edition is now out of print.

• Keywords: 19th Century – Rare · Catalogue Irish History Six – General Irish History · Catalogue Irish History Three – From Famine to Free State · Collection Tadhg Ó Murchú (This is a book from his personal reference library) · Emigration · Famine · From the library of Tadgh Ó Murchu · Irish Famine · Irish History · Irish History – Rare · Irish History in the 19th century · Irish Political History · Irish Potato Famine · Irish Potatoe Famine
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880293853
• Inventory Number: 100592AB

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