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John Kelly – The Graves Are Walking

In The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People, author John Kelly sheds new light on one of the worst disasters to strike mankind. Conveyed as a lyrical narrative history, Kelly underscores how the Great Irish Potato Famine was in many ways a man-made disaster. With new research and analysis on the ways in which the famine was used to reshape Irish society by Britain’s nation-building policy makers, readers gain a better understanding of the hand that mankind had in the catastrophe. Further exploring the resulting exodus of many Irish to America, the story becomes one of survival and perseverance against all odds.

Of The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People, former US President Bill Clinton writes, “John Kelly gives heartbreaking detail to the Great Famine that seared itself into the memory of the Irish people, and sheds fascinating new light on the policy decisions that made it even worse. The Graves are Walking is a cautionary tale for all who would risk calamity – human, economic, or ecological – in the name of scoring an ideological victory.”

As author and independent scholar, Kelly examines the convergence of health, human behavior and science within European history, allowing readers to consider some of the continent’s most infamous events through a more informed understanding. His previous books include, The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (HarperCollins, 2005).

Introduction by Joe Lee, Glucksman Chair of Irish Studies, Professor of History, and Director of Glucksman Ireland House NYU.











When: Thu., Sep. 13, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Where: Glucksman Ireland House NYU
1 Washington Mews
212-998-3950
Price: $10
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In The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People, author John Kelly sheds new light on one of the worst disasters to strike mankind. Conveyed as a lyrical narrative history, Kelly underscores how the Great Irish Potato Famine was in many ways a man-made disaster. With new research and analysis on the ways in which the famine was used to reshape Irish society by Britain’s nation-building policy makers, readers gain a better understanding of the hand that mankind had in the catastrophe. Further exploring the resulting exodus of many Irish to America, the story becomes one of survival and perseverance against all odds.

Of The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People, former US President Bill Clinton writes, “John Kelly gives heartbreaking detail to the Great Famine that seared itself into the memory of the Irish people, and sheds fascinating new light on the policy decisions that made it even worse. The Graves are Walking is a cautionary tale for all who would risk calamity – human, economic, or ecological – in the name of scoring an ideological victory.”

As author and independent scholar, Kelly examines the convergence of health, human behavior and science within European history, allowing readers to consider some of the continent’s most infamous events through a more informed understanding. His previous books include, The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (HarperCollins, 2005).

Introduction by Joe Lee, Glucksman Chair of Irish Studies, Professor of History, and Director of Glucksman Ireland House NYU.

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