The great Irish famine
Liz Sonneborn
- New York Chelsea House 2011
- 124 p. ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Milestones in modern world history .
Includes bibliography references and Index
Skibbereen -- Before the famine -- The blight -- The crisis grows -- Starvation and disease -- Feeding the hungry -- Leaving Ireland -- Eviction -- The late years -- Legacy of the great Irish famine.
In September 1845, the farmers of Ireland made a chilling discovery-much of their potato crop was black, mushy, and rotten.