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Black '47: A Story of Ireland's Great Famine: A Graphic Novel

Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781847173652
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Author Damien Goodfellow
Pub Date 29/04/2019
Binding Paperback / softback
Pages 96
Country Ireland
Dewey 741.5
GBPPrice 13.99
Availability Available
€16.46
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A gritty graphic novel about Ireland's Great Hunger. Jack and his family have been evicted by their landlord and given one way tickets to the USA. They refuse to leave Ireland, unknowingly placing themselves in grave peril. When Jack falls in with a rebel group, his father is killed and Jack and his family are left to fend for themselves in a Ireland during the famine in 1847. This is one family's story of Ireland's great hunger told in powerful illustration and compelling words. This graphic novel brings the suffering and immediacy of the Irish Famine. Following on from the success of political graphic novels this is accessible, informative and insightful history at its best.
A gritty graphic novel about Ireland's Great Hunger. Jack and his family have been evicted by their landlord and given one way tickets to the USA. They refuse to leave Ireland, unknowingly placing themselves in grave peril. When Jack falls in with a rebel group, his father is killed and Jack and his family are left to fend for themselves in a Ireland during the famine in 1847. This is one family's story of Ireland's great hunger told in powerful illustration and compelling words. This graphic novel brings the suffering and immediacy of the Irish Famine. Following on from the success of political graphic novels this is accessible, informative and insightful history at its best.
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