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Between 1846 and 1851, more than one-million people--the potato famine emigrants--sailed from Ireland to America. Now, 150 years later, The Famine Ships tells of the courage and determination of those who crossed the Atlantic in leaky, overcrowded sailing ships and made new lives for themselves, among them the child Henry Ford and the twenty-six-year-old Patrick Kennedy, great-grandfather of John F. Kennedy. Edward Laxton conducted five years of research in Ireland and interviewed the emigrants' descents in the U.S. Portraits of people, ships, and towns, as well as facsimile passenger lists and tickets, are among the fascinating memorabilia in The Famine Ships.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. From Dublinâs Fair City
- 2. Catholic Persecution
- 3. Land of the Free
- 4. Hunger and Exile
- 5. The Voyage of the Jamestown and Others
- 6. The Fords of Fairlane
- 7. Absentee Landlords
- 8. In Widow McCormackâs Cabbage Patch
- 9. A Noble Rescue
- 10. Comfort for the Convicts
- 11. Joy of My Heart
- 12. Surviving the Icebergs
- 13. Flags for Convenience
- 14. On the Way to the White House
- 15. The Famine Ships Sail Again
- 16. A Miraculous Escape
- 17. Life in America
- 18. From Wexford to Wexford
- 19. The Smallest in the Famine Fleet
- 20. The Absence of Evidence
- 21. Finding a Scapegoat
- 22. Shipâs Cook for a Shilling
- 23. The Brave Men of Nantucket
- 24. Ireland Forever
- Index
- Copyright