Irish Hunger: Personal Reflections on the Legacy of the Famine

Hayden, Tom

ISBN 10: 1570981116 / ISBN 13: 9781570981111

Published by Natl Book Network, 1997

About this Item

Good+/Good+ Condition. Ex-library book with all the typical markings, stamps, pastedowns, etc as typical with a library book. If it were not a library book we would have classified this book as Very Good Condition. First edition, first printing. ; Height: 9.5 Inches, Length: 6.5 Inches, Weight: 1.45 Pounds, Width: 1.25 In; 303 pages; Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Irish Hunger: Personal Reflections on the Legacy of the Famine
• Publisher: Natl Book Network
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1570981116
• ISBN 13: 9781570981111
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good+
• Seller catalogs:
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  • International History

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Synopsis

Supplemented by a collection of firsthand accounts and press clippings, an anthology of essays by well-known actors, activists, poets, historians, and others explores the legacy of the Irish Potato Famine of the mid-nineteenth century. IP.

Review

As with any great story, the elements that are repeated in the retelling, those pieces that are burnished by each new teller, lead to the deepest truth in history, in fiction, in everyday life....The best of these essays share the quality of being written by wakers from a dream.--Susan Salter Reynolds "Los Angeles Times " Remarkable. A comprehensive, invaluable contribution to the Famine story by some of Ireland's best-known writers and scholars. Infused with a contemporary resonance. Mr. Hayden's selfless and estimable book deserves the widest possible audience.--Gabriel Byrne ...history is not about power and triumph nearly so often as it is about suffering and vulnerability...we have to wonder again and again at the strength of the people who could survive the famine.--Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland Restoring our memory of the Famine, by every means available to us, will position us to pursue the many other themes that make us what we are and inspire others to do likewise. Strengthening the ties between Ireland and Irish America, piecing together the fragments of the past that now lie on both sides of the Atlantic, can only be good for all of us.--Sean Kenny, Author of "The Hungry Earth" One of the most elegantly produced works yet on the problems of dealing with Famine.... The effect is like that of a dam breaking.--Michael D. Higgins, Former Irish Minister for Arts and Culture