Displaying 1 of 1 2001 Format: Book Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Title: Black potatoes : the story of the great Irish famine, 1845-1850 / Susan Campbell Bartoletti. Publisher, Date: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Description: 184 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Summary: The story of the Great Irish Famine, through the eyes and memories of the Irish people. Tells how they lived, why their lives depended on the potato, how they dreaded the workhouse, and how they feared and defied the landlord who collected the rent and evicted them. Subjects: Famines -- Juvenile literature. Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852 -- Juvenile literature. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Accelerated Reader 8.1. Reading Counts! 7.9. Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2002. NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, 2002 Contents: 1. Black potatoes, black potatoes -- 2. We've an extra potato -- 3. Lend me a little Reliefe -- 4. A flock of famishing crows -- 5. Only till the praties grow -- 6. The fever, the God bless us and protect everyone -- 7. A terrible leveling of houses -- 8. The going away -- 9. Where would the war begin? -- 10. Come to cork to see the queen. Web Site: Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2001024156 ISBN: 9780618002719 0618548831 9780618548835 9780756950811 0756950813 9781439552025 1439552029 0618002715 Other Number: 48249401 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 105181 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: j 941.5081 Bartolet Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
