Book: Gerard Keegan's Famine Diary: Journey To A New World 1847 ... Gerard Keegan, a schoolteacher, and his young bride left County Sligo to travel aboard the new infamous coffin ships to Canada. In his diary Gerard Keegan charts the reality of famine and emigration-relatives seeking his advice, the walk from Sligo to Dublin, fever on board ship, a fight with the first mate, a catch of fish, storms, sighting whales, the passengers' first sight of land--and the bittersweet fate of those who survived to reach the promised New World.
Details of Book: Gerard Keegan's Famine Diary: Journey To A New World Book: Gerard Keegan's Famine Diary: Journey To A New World
Author: James J. Mangan
ISBN: 0863279171
ISBN-13: 9780863279171
, 978-0863279171
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: Mar 2004
Publisher: Wolfhound Press (ie)
Number of Pages: 144
Language: English