Book: Paddy's Lament: Ireland, 1846-1847 : Prelude To Hatred A shocking account of the great famine in Ireland, which sheds light on a bitter hatred for England that continues there today.
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.
Details of Book: Paddy's Lament: Ireland, 1846-1847 : Prelude To Hatred Book: Paddy's Lament: Ireland, 1846-1847 : Prelude To Hatred
Author: Thomas Gallagher
ISBN: 0156707004
ISBN-13: 9780156707008
, 978-0156707008
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 1987/05/01
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Number of Pages: 372
Language: English