Black '47
A Story of Ireland's Great Famine: a Graphic Novel
The O'Brien Press · Print & ebook · June 29, 2019
A gritty graphic novel about Ireland's Great Hunger.
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- Who it’s for
- A graphic novel presents one family’s story amid Ireland’s Great Hunger in 1847.
- Genres
- Irish History
- Published
- The O'Brien Press, June 29, 2019
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A gritty graphic novel about Ireland's Great Hunger. Jack and his family have been evicted by their landlord and given one way tickets to the USA. They refuse to leave Ireland, unknowingly placing themselves in grave peril. When Jack falls in with a rebel group, his father is killed and Jack and his family are left to fend for themselves in a Ireland during the famine in 1847.
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This is one family's story of Ireland's great hunger told in powerful illustration and compelling words. This graphic novel brings the suffering and immediacy of the Irish Famine. Following on from the success of political graphic novels this is accessible, informative and insightful history at its best.
Ireland in 1847
A graphic novel presents one family’s story amid Ireland’s Great Hunger in 1847.
Come here for
- One family’s account of Ireland’s famine in 1847
- Illustrations and words that bring the famine’s immediacy
Expect
- Jack and his family face eviction and peril in famine-era Ireland
- History told through illustration and words
Where it sits
| Irish History | 32% |
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Publisher categories
- History
- Authors
- Damien Goodfellow
- Publisher
- The O'Brien Press
- Published
- June 29, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- History