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The Graves Are Walking

The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People
Kelly, John (Book - 2012)
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The Graves Are Walking


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This compelling new look at one of the worst disasters to strike humankind--the Great Irish Potato Famine--provides fresh material and analysis on the role that nineteenth-century evangelical Protestantism played in shaping British policies and on Britain's attempt to use the famine to reshape Irish

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This compelling new look at one of the worst disasters to strike humankind--the Great Irish Potato Famine--provides fresh material and analysis on the role that nineteenth-century evangelical Protestantism played in shaping British policies and on Britain's attempt to use the famine to reshape Irish society and character.

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Imprint: New York - Henry Holt and Co
Pages: 397
Edition: 1st ed
ISBN: 080509184X, 9780805091847
Language: English
Notes: The savage shore : three Englishmen in Ireland -- The news from Ireland -- "The Irish can live on anything" -- Want -- The hanging of Bryan Serry -- The lord of providence -- The great and glorious cause of Ireland -- The mandate of heaven -- A sermon for Ireland -- Snow -- The queen's speech -- Pestilence -- Atonement -- "I shall arise and go now" -- Yankee doodle dandy -- Catastrophe and its consolations
Includes bibliographical references and index
Statement of responsibility: John Kelly
Characteristics: xii, 397 p. :,ill. ;,25 cm
Author (Original Script): Kelly, John
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