Phytophthora infestans, the fungus responsible for the Irish potato famine of 1846 that killed an estimated one million people, probably originated in South America. That’s the conclusion researchers from North Carolina […]
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Great Irish Potato Famine
by James S. Donnelly Jr. From the publisher: This is an account of the Great Irish Potato Famine of the late 1840s, a famine which resulted in the death of […]
Black Potatoes: the story of the Irish potato famine
By Susan Campbell Bartoletti From the publisher: In 1845, a disaster struck Ireland. Overnight, a mysterious blight attacked the potato crops, turning the potatoes black and destroying the only real food […]
Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People
by John Kelly From the publisher: 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 […]
Three Famines: Starvation and Politics
by Thomas Keneally From the publisher: Through the lens of three of the most devastating food crises in modern history—the Górta Mor of British-ruled Ireland, the great famine of British-ruled Bengal […]
Great Famine: The History of the Irish Potato Famine during the Mid-19th Century
by Charles River Editors From the publisher: Anyone who has ever heard of “the luck of the Irish” knows that it is not something to wish on someone, for few people […]