Book Description
for The Long March by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
From the Publisher
"This deeply moving work quietly and effectively underscores the drama and pathos of a little-known historical episode. In 1847 the Choctaw, themselves impoverished, raised $170 (the equivalent of more than $5ooo today) to aid the Irish, then in the throes of the great potato famine."-Publishers Weekly, Starred Review,Ģ Endorsed by the Choctaw Nation.,Ģ A Smithsonian Notable Book for Children, 1998.,Ģ Children's Books of Ireland BISTO Book of the Year Merit Award, 1999.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
