Author: Cecil Woodham-Smith
Title: The Great Hunger Hardcover
Description: U.S.A, Harper and Row, 1962. First American Edition. Hardcover. U.S.A: Harper and Row, 1962. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Very Good First U.S.Edition Hardcover with Near Very Good Mylar Protected Dust Jacket. No Writing in text NOT a library copy writing. Jacket has chipping at top and bottom of spine and several rubs but bright in it' archival protected mylar cover. Good solid copy of this classic on the Irish potato famine. A genocidal destruction of a people by being fostered into a one crop investment. Here presented in depth. and compassion and academic knowledge. Full page Illus. Fold out map of1848 Ireland Good to very good all the way around. A few dust jacket chips and fades but still good. Illus. Nicely mylared. Fold out map present. We pack our Celtic studies first in brown paper since 1977. Near Very Good/Near Very Good.

Keywords: irish potato famine munster mayo famine irish history potato famine tyrone oppression single crop rotation irish farming nineteenth century farming ireland galway Celtic Studies


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