On his way from Ireland to America to escape the potato famine, young Fergus carves a shillelagh from his favorite blackthorn tree, and each St. Patrick's Day for generations, his story is retold by one of his descendants.
year: 2002
call number/section: 1000
subjects: irish americans, fiction, storytelling, saint patrick's day, emigration and immigration, ireland, history, famine, 1845-1852, fiction, immigration and emigration
Editions
Nolan, Janet
A. Whitman (2002)
On his way from Ireland to America to escape the potato famine, young Fergus carves a shillelagh from his favorite blackthorn tree, and each St. Patrick's Day for generations, his story is retold by one of his descendants.
Schools: 29
Nolan, Janet
On his way from Ireland to America to escape the potato famine, young Fergus carves a shillelagh from his favorite blackthorn tree, and each St. Patrick's Day for generations, his story is retold by one of his descendants.
Schools: 2