The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People by Kelly, John
The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People by Kelly, John

The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People

A magisterial account of one of the worst disasters to strike humankind--the Great Irish Potato Famine--conveyed as...
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Author: John Kelly
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The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People by Kelly, John

The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People

$49.83
The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People by Kelly, John

The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People

$49.83
Author: John Kelly
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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A magisterial account of one of the worst disasters to strike humankind--the Great Irish Potato Famine--conveyed as lyrical narrative history from the acclaimed author of The Great Mortality

In this masterful, comprehensive account of the Irish Potato Famine, delivered with novelistic flair, Kelly gives us not only the startling facts of this disaster--one of the worst to strike mankind, killing twice as many lives as the American Civil War--but examines the intersection of political greed, bacterial infection, religious intolerance, and racism that made it possible. Kelly brings new material to his analysis of relevant political factors during the years leading up to the famine, and the extent to which Britain's nation-building policies exacerbated the mounting crisis. Despite the shocking, infuriating implications of his findings, The Graves Are Walking is ultimately a story of triumph--of one people's ability to remake themselves in a new land in the face of the unthinkable.



Author: John Kelly
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 07/23/2013
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.52w x 1.08d
ISBN: 9781250032171


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 09/01/2013 pg. 28

About the Author
John Kelly is the author of the acclaimed bestseller "The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time" and "Three on the Edge: The Stories of Ordinary American Families in Search of a Medical Miracle." He has written about medicine, history, and psychology for many years. He lives in New York City and Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
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