The Famine Ships: The Irish Exodus to America

Between 1846 and 1851, more than one-million people--the potato famine emigrants--sailed from Ireland to America. Now, 150 years later, The Famine Ships tells of the courage and determination of those who crossed the Atlantic in leaky, overcrowded sailing ships and made new lives for themselves, among them the child Henry Ford and the twenty-six-year-old Patrick Kennedy, great-grandfather of John F. Kennedy. Edward Laxton conducted five years of research in Ireland and interviewed the emigrants' descents in the U.S. Portraits of people, ships, and towns, as well as facsimile passenger lists and tickets, are among the fascinating memorabilia in The Famine Ships.

• The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People
• Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850
• The Famine Plot: England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy
• The Irish Slaves
• Great Irish Potato Famine
• Robert Whyte's Famine Ship Diary 1847: The Journey of an Irish Coffin Ship
• The Irish in America
• All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, The Legendary Irish Famine Ship
• The Irish Americans: A History
• Annals of the Famine in Ireland, in 1847, 1848, and 1849 (Annotated)