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Item Details
| Title:
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COFFIN SHIP
THE WRECK OF THE BRIG ST. JOHN |
| By: |
William Henry |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1856356310 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781856356312 |
| Publisher: |
THE MERCIER PRESS LTD |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
The famine drove huge numbers of Irish people to leave the island. In 1847, some 200,000 people sailed for Boston alone. Of this group, 2,000 never made it to their destination, killed by disease and hunger during the voyages. This book tells the tale of the sinking of the famine ship, the St John in Boston Bay in 1849. |
| Synopsis: |
This is the tragic tale of the sinking of the famine ship, the St John in Boston Bay in 1849. The famine drove huge numbers of Irish men and women to leave the island and pursue their survival in foreign lands. In 1847, some 200,000 people sailed for Boston alone. Of this massive group, 2,000 never made it to their destination, killed by disease and hunger during the voyages, their remains consigned to a watery grave. The sinking of the brig St John off the coast of Massachusetts in October 1849, was only one of many tragic events to occur during this mass exodus. The ship had sailed from Galway, loaded with passengers so desperate to escape the effects of famine that some had walked from as far afield as Clare to reach the ship. The passengers on the St John made it to within sight of the New World before their ship went down and they were abandoned by their captain, who denied that there had been any survivors when he and some of his crew made it ashore. For those who died in the seas off Massachusetts, there was nothing to mark a last resting place; no name, no memory of them ever having existed, just another statistic in a terrible tragedy. |
| Illustrations: |
8pp b&w section |
| Publication: |
Ireland |
| Imprint: |
The Mercier Press Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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