Passage To America

by Terry Coleman

In the middle years of the last century more than two million men, women and children abandoned the British Isles. The Irish were shovelled out by absentee landlords and famine. The English went west to escape poverty and slums. Sea-sick, homesick, herded like cattle, dying like flies, they poured across the Atlantic from Liverpool to New York. They were swindled, robbed, insulted and terrorized at every stage.

Genres: History

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Terry Coleman was born in Bournemouth, England, went to fourteen schools, and then studied English and law at the Universities of Exeter and London. As a foreign correspondent for The Guardian and the London Daily Mail, he has traveled to forty-six countries, three times circumnavigated the world, and interviewed everyone from the former Cassius Clay to the Dalai Lama.

Reviews

[Vincent Hernot · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can't say I learned a lot from this one, but that's not down to the author, I just happen to have read (and studied some aspects) quite a lot on this subject. Some very good bits, general info of a interesting character, and a useful reminder of what immigrating can mean / often means or meant.