Paddy's Lament, Ireland 1846-1847

Paddy's Lament, Ireland 1846-1847
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 0156707004
ISBN-13 : 9780156707008
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Book Synopsis Paddy's Lament, Ireland 1846-1847 by : Thomas Gallagher

Download or read book Paddy's Lament, Ireland 1846-1847 written by Thomas Gallagher and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1987 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ireland in the mid-1800s was primarily a population of peasants, forced to live on a single, moderately nutritious crop: potatoes. Suddenly, in 1846, an unknown and uncontrollable disease turned the potato crop to inedible slime, and all Ireland was threatened. Index.


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