Author
The Irish Potato Famine was written by Philip
Gavin (BA - Northeastern University, MS - Boston University) founder and
publisher of The History Place, and was first posted on The History Place Web
site on June 12, 2000. Mr. Gavin has also written the popular history The
Rise of Adolf Hitler which appears elsewhere on this Web site.
Select Bibliography
For your convenience, links are provided to Amazon.com
if you wish buy any of the books to read more about the Famine and Irish
history. The books (and videos) might also be available at your neighborhood
bookshop or local library.
Atlas
of Irish History by Sean Duffy (Editor) -
144 pages (November 1997) IDG Books Worldwide; ISBN: 0028620119
The
Boston Irish: A Political History by Thomas H. O'Connor
- 384 pages Reissue Edition (March 1997) Little Brown & Co.; ISBN:
0316626619
The
Famine Ships: The Irish Exodus to America by Edward Laxton
- 256 pages Reprint Edition (March 1998) Henry Holt; ISBN: 0805058443
The Great Famine: Ireland's Potato Famine 1845-51
by John Percival - 192 pages (1995) Viewer Books; ISBN 1575000024
The
Great Famine and the Irish Diaspora in America by Arthur Gribben (Editor)
- 288 pages (February 1999) University
of Massachusetts Press; ISBN: 1558491732
The Great Hunger by Cecil Woodham-Smith
- 510 pages Reprint Edition (1989) Old Town Books; ISBN 0880293853
A History of Ireland by Peter and Fiona Somerset
Fry - 366 pages (1988) Barnes & Noble Books; ISBN: 1566192153
Ireland:
A Concise History by Maire and Conor Cruise O'Brien
- 192 pages 3rd Edition (September 1985) Thames & Hudson; ISBN: 0500273790
The
Irish Famine (Discoveries) by Peter Gray
- 191 pages (October 1995) Harry N. Abrams; ISBN: 0810928957
The
Irish Famine: A Documentary History (The Irish Studies Series) by Noel
Kissane (Editor) - 184 pages (October
1997) Syracuse University Press; ISBN: 0907328245
The Irish Famine: An Illustrated History by
Helen Litton - 144 pages (1994) Irish Books and Media; ISBN: 0937702145
The
Irish in America by Michael Coffey (Editor), Terry Golway (Text)
- 272 pages 1st Edition (March 2000) Hyperion; ISBN: 0786885432
Out
of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America by Kerby Miller,
Paul Wagner - 132 pages (August 1994)
Elliott & Clark; ISBN: 1880216256
Videos
Celtic
Journey Through Time (1998) Directed by Norman Staples
- A&E Entertainment, 63 minutes.
The
Irish In America: Long Journey Home (1997) Written by Thomas N. Brown
& Richard Ben Cramer, Directed Thomas Lennon, Mark Zwonitzer
- Disney Studios, 360 minutes.
New
York (1999) Written by Ric Burns & James Sanders, Directed by Ric
Burns - PBS, 600 minutes.
Out
of Ireland: The Story of Emigration into America (1995) Written and
directed by Paul Wagner - Shanachie Video,
111 minutes.
Picture Credits
The period illustrations seen in The Irish Potato
Famine were kindly provided by Steve Taylor, who has constructed a remarkably
interesting Web site entitled Views
of The Famine featuring a large number of illustrations and original
text from the The Illustrated London News and Pictorial Times.
The American photos were provided by the Library of Congress and U.S. National
Archives.
Related (external) Web Sites
U.N. Food and Agriculture
Organization
World Food Programme
Irish American Historical Society
Ireland's National
Archives
Strokestown Park and Famine Museum, Ireland
Grosse
Isle Memorial, Canada