The Irish

By Greg Nickles

Book Overview

The Great Famine of the 1800s increased the number of Irish immigrants to North America. This exiciting look at how the Irish first landed in North America in the 1600s includes eyewitness accounts and full-color artwork. Topics include: - Christian conflicts at home - population explosion and the Great Famine - willing immigrants and indentured servants - disease on the journey - Irish laborers or navvies in construction - anti-Irish prejudice - religion and the Orange Lodges - music, dance, and literature - notable North Americans of Irish ancestry

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778701905
• ISBN13: 9780778701903
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.7" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 5