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Great read. I read it during the 2020 pandemic, which most certainly gave pause for thought. One will learn about the traditions and customs that can help or hinder a society. He was chosen to hire and run road building crews year round in terrible co... Read More
Charles egan's the killing snows tells the story of the potato famine in ireland in 1845-7. The book is based in county mayo and is written from the point of view of a family. The author is a native of mayo and has a line of mayo in his family.
This is a novel based on facts found in letters uncovered over 100 years after they were written. This tragic time was described with graphic detail.
The books in this trilogy are very well written. The reader is left to meanwhile unravelling incredible human strength of survival, striving.
Strong, compassionate, and believable characters take you on a journey. This follows the ryan family throughout the book. Loved the family and their story though.
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Quality
This is a very well written book with strong characters and such a heartbreaking story
Factual detailed account of irish resilience determination under gruesome odds
The potatoes rotted in the ground none could be saved
The potatoes famine fever death work houses evictions forced migration
Shipping
Now i must look up my irish ancestors on my mother’s side of the family to see if they came to the usa at that time
Their descendants like me heard the first hand accounts of gray slime potatoes grass soup indentured servitude and escape to li... Read More
Here i sit in the usa well fed and taken care of because of the ones that were brave enough to come to america
Competitiveness
The ryan family is trying to survive the ravages of the irish potato famine
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The horrible hunger deprivation and death was an eye opener
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This is definitely not a feelgood book but a study of perseverance
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This was a hard book to read as it details the horrific story of the irish potato famine
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The author does a good job of describing the day to day reality of this horrible tragedy
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The potatoes famine fever death work houses evictions forced migration
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The images from this book haunt me as they do to other descendants of the famine
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As the title suggests the famine was a 34perfect storm34 of a landed ruling class an under educated under represented agri class who slowly starved and sold their labor too cheaply to feed their children while the weather and the blight condemned them and the uk failed them
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Millions died of starvation slavery and disease millions emigrated
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