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The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea During the Great Irish Famine

by Cian McMahon

A vivid, new portrait of Irish migration through the letters and diaries of those who fled their homeland during the Great Famine The standard story of the exodus during Ireland’s Great Famine is one of tired clichés, half-truths, and dry statistics. In The Coffin Ship, a groundbreaking work of transnational history, Cian T. McMahon offers a vibrant, fresh p

Publisher

New York University Press

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781479808762