The great shame :
and the triumph of the Irish in the English-speaking world /Thomas Keneally
1998 1st ed. in the U.S.A.English Book xiii, 712 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
New York : Nan A. Talese, 1998.
OCLC: "In the nineteenth century, Ireland lost half of its population to famine, emigration to the United States and Canada, and the forced transportation of convicts to Australia. The forebears of Thomas Keneally, author of Schindler's List, were victims of that tragedy, and in The Great Shame Keneally has written the full story of the Irish diaspora with the narrative grip and flair of a novel. Based on unique research among little-known sources, this book surveys eighty years of Irish history through the eyes of political prisoners - including Keneally's ancestors - who left Ireland in chains and eventually found glory, in one form or another, in Australia and America."
1st Am edition 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches bound in gray boards with light edgewear - complete in 712 bright pages (some photo illustrations) in a crisp dust jacket. A very nice copy.
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