This Jackdaw chronicles the causes and catastrophic effects of the Great Irish Potato Famine of 1845-50 -- which resulted in millions of Irish deaths and forced millions more to emigrate to England, the U.S., and Canada -- through primary source documents that include a first-hand report of pre-famine living conditions; a letter pleading for aid; British, Irish, and American newspaper accounts of the unfolding tragedy; and gripping contemporary illustrations. (4 broadsheets/timeline/7 hands-on primary source documents/guide).