The wreck of the 'Anne Jane' : The forgotten island disaster 1853, Vatersay, Outer Hebrides
Murray, Allan F2017
Books, Manuscripts
In late 1853, the ship Annie Jane set sail from Liverpool heading for Quebec in North America. On board were 450 men, women and children: Irish, Scottish and English emigrants fleeing poverty and famine. They never made it. At almost midnight on the 28th of September the ship was wrecked in a horrendous storm and driven ashore on the small island of Vatersay in the Outer Hebrides. With the loss of up to 350 of the passengers and crew. In this deeply researched and powerfully told story, author Allan F. Murray tells the story of life aboard a typical 19th century emigrant ship. (Amazon)
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Author:
Imprint:
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis : Acair Ltd, 2017
Collation:
xx, 232 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), portraits ; 22.9 x 3.1 x 15.5 cm
ISBN:
9780861524129
Dewey class:
941.17910.452
Local class:
910.916
Language:
English
BRN:
2281748