Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

192 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction historical history informative sad slow-paced
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2002 Sibert Medal Winner In 1845, a disaster struck Ireland. Overnight, a mysterious blight attacked the potato crops, turning the potatoes black and destroying the only real food of nearly six million people. Over the next five years, the blight ...

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