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Robert Whyte's 1847 Famine Ship Diary :
Robert Whyte

Robert Whyte's 1847 Famine Ship Diary :

the journey of an Irish coffin ship

Mercier Press (Jul 10, 1994)
9781856350914
| Soft Cover
124 pages | 5.2 x 7.9 inch | Ireland | English
$ 7.00 | Value: $ 7.00
Dewey 304.8710415
LC Classification F1035.I6 .W48 1994
LC Control No. 94217440

Subject

  • Ireland - Emigration And Immigration
  • Ireland - History

Plot

The voyage of the 'coffin ship' Ajax, from Dublin to Grosse Île, the Canadian quarantine station as described in the contemporary diary of one of the passengers, Robert Whyte. Whyte was a Protestant gentleman of education and position, as well as being a professional writer who intended to publish his diary. The diary appeared in 1848. It is signed in the author's own handwriting and features vivid descriptions of the spectacular scenery along the way and the striking delineations of the passengers, the crew and the suffering travellers.

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Value

Retail Price $ 7.00
Value $ 7.00