The Famine Ships: The Irish Exodus to America by Edward Laxton - 1998-03-15

Holt & Company, Henry, 1998. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Holt & Company, Henry, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Holt & Company, Henry, 1998. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Holt & Company, Henry. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Holt & Company, Henry. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Holt & Company, Henry. Used - Like New. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition.

Holt Paperbacks. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

New York.: An Owl Book / Henry Holt and Company., 1998. Trade paperback. Good. Highlighting/underlining. Signed by previous owner. Very good save for some highlighting near front. Great covers, no signs of wear.. 1 Trade paperback (US). 256 p. Black & white photos, facsimiles, charts, genealogy tree examples. Audience: General/trade. Irish and North American history documenting the mass of people forced to emigrate from Ireland during the potato famine of 1846-1851. More than a million had succumbed to starvation or disease. Another million boarded ships to America and Canada. They faced poor sailing conditions aboard ships w/ many dying, and found themselves unwelcome as immigrants. A dramatic history for varied ethnic immigrant descendents and for maritime enthusiasts. Researcher and author Edward Laxton was formerly news editor at the Daily Express and the Daily Mirror in London, and himself is of Irish descent.

New York, NY: Holt , 1998. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 250 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. Owner's name and blind stamp on front end paper.

Softcover book. Rem-dot to bottom of text block. There are no other marks in or on the book, no highlighting, no rem-mark, pgs beginning to age-tone. Covers have no tears, chips or folds, and are clean. 250 pgs w/index and B&W illustrations.