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Non-Fiction

hedgehog

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5. I think that's why I was interested in the book -

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 10:23 AM

Oct 2013

I wanted to see how the author justified such a contrarian point of view. I agree with you that it seems an outlandish proposition - but keep in mind that the English treated their own underclasses as bad as they treated the Irish!

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I need help finding a book - [View all] hedgehog Oct 2013 OP

Albion's Seed? Adsos Letter Oct 2013 #1

This probably isn't it, but matt819 Oct 2013 #2

The book I'm thinking of takes the premise that there hedgehog Oct 2013 #3

Depending on what period is covered. If it includes the years of the Potato Famine, SheilaT Oct 2013 #4

I think that's why I was interested in the book - hedgehog Oct 2013 #5

But there was never the massive migration of English SheilaT Oct 2013 #6

Unfortunately, I spotted the bnook while my daughter was clearing out a lot of stuff, hedgehog Oct 2013 #7

I found it! It turned up on the last page of an old Daedulus catalog! hedgehog Oct 2013 #8

Possible answer Lamonte Nov 2013 #9