Flight from Famine - Hardcover

MacKay; MacKay, Donald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0771054432 ISBN 13: 9780771054433

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1991

Synopsis

This is the moving story of the mass migration that brought a million Irish men and women to Canada in the first half of the nineteenth century. After leaving conditions so bad that one witness described how “they wandered into towns and died in the streets,” many arrived penniless, hoping to “make good” in the new world. In one tragic year, 5,000 died at sea and another 5,400 got no farther than a grave on Grosse Īle. But, despite the countless daily hardships facing settlers in a harsh new land, by the time of Confederation the Irish were the second-largest ethnic group after the French.

About this title

Review:

"(Flight from Famine) is a story of survival, courage and, above all, hope."

(The Novascotian)

"An intriguing and comprehensive history, Flight From Famine is highly recommended for scholarly collections."

(Midwest Book Review)

The Irish were nothing if not resilient, and MacKay peppers his book with little anecdotes linking past and present...MacKay's book is a delight to read because as a historian, he knows that the best way to engage readers is by telling the stories of ordinary people-and he does a superlative job of it.

(Naomi Lakritz Calgary Herald, The)

About the Author:

The author of ten books of popular history, Donald MacKay lives in County Wexford, Ireland.

About this edition

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc.
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0771054432
• ISBN 13: 9780771054433
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368