All Standing : The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, The Legendary Irish Famine Ship

All Standing The Remarkable Story Of The Jeanie Johnston, The Legendary Irish Famine Ship Recounts The Journeys Of This Famous Ship, Her Heroic Crew, And The Immigrants Who Were Ferried Between Ireland And North America. Spurred By A Complex Web Of Motivations--shame, Familial Obligation, And Sometimes Even Greed--more Than A Million People Attempted To Flee The Irish Famine. More Than One Hundred Thousand Of Them Would Die Aboard One Of The Five Thousand Aptly Named Coffin Ships. But In The Face Of Horrific Losses, A Small Ship Named The Jeanie Johnston Never Lost A Passenger. Shipwright John Munn, Community Leader Nicholas Donovan, Captain James Attridge, Dr. Richard Blennerhassett, And The Efforts Of A Remarkable Crew Allowed Thousands Of People To Find Safety And Fortune Throughout The United States And Canada.^ ^why Did These Individuals Succeed When So Many Others Failed? What Prompted Them To Act, When So Many People Preferred To Do Nothing--or Worse? Using Newspaper Accounts, Rare Archival Documents, And Her Own Experience Sailing As An Apprentice Aboard The Recently Re-created Jeanie Johnston, Kathryn Miles Tells The Story Of These Extraordinary People And The Revolutionary Milieu In Which They Set Sail. The Tale Of Each Individual Is Remarkable In And Of Itself; Read Collectively, Their Stories Paint A Unique Portrait Of Bravery In The Face Of A New World Order. Theirs Is A Story Of Ingenuity And Even Defiance, One That Recounts A Struggle To Succeed, To Shake The Mantle Of Oppression And Guilt, To Endure In The Face Of Unimaginable Hardship. On More Than One Occasion, Stewards Of The Ship Would Be Accused Of Acting Out Of Self-interest Or Greed. Nevertheless, What These Men--and Their Ship--accomplished Over The Course Of Eleven Voyages To North America Was The Stuff Of Legend.^ ^interwoven In Their Tale Is The Story Of Nicholas Reilly, A Baby Boy Born On The Ship's Maiden Voyage. The Reilly Family Climbed Aboard The Jeanie Johnston In Search Of The American Dream. While They Would Find Some Version Of That Dream, It Would Not Be Without A Struggle--one That Would Deposit Nicholas Into A Deeply Controversial Moment In American History. Against This Backdrop, Miles Weaves A Thrilling, Intimate Narrative, Chronicling The Birth Of A Remarkable Irish-american Family In The Face Of One Of The Planet's Greatest Human Rights Atrocities.--publisher's Website. The Gathering Storm -- A Great Hunger -- Ships, Colonies, And Commerce -- Dominion -- Phoenix Rising -- Ship's Fever -- Discord On Downing Street -- Visitations From A Vengeful God -- A Course For Disaster -- Pestilence And Plague -- An Audacious Plan -- Signing On -- The People's Physician -- Fare Thee Well -- At Sea -- Dead Reckoning -- Quarantine -- Passing Customs -- Adrift -- Clearances -- Crossing The Bar -- No Irish Need Apply -- Royal Visit -- Steaming Ahead -- Liberty? -- The Rising Tide -- Departures -- Storm Season -- That Deadly Angel -- Down With The Ship -- The Final Test. Kathryn Miles. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The dramatic true tale of a boy born at sea during the Irish Potato famine and the coffin ship that saved him and thousands of others from one of the worlds greatest humanitarian crises. The nineteenth century Irish Potato Famine claimed the lives of more than 1,000,000 people. Many of these were Irish citizens who died on board ships carrying them away from Ireland. Promised jobs and a better life in North America, they emigrated, crowding onto aptly named coffin ships, whose gruesome conditions rivaled those of slave transports. But on one ship, decency prevailed, and each of the thousands of passengers who went aboard survived. Among these thousands was a baby boy born on the ships maiden voyage. That boy, NicholasNicholas Richard James Thomas William John Gabriel Carls Michael John Alexander Trabaret Archibald Cornelius Hugh Arthur Edward Johnston Reilly, so named for the captain, doctor, and crew of the Jeanie Johnstonwould go on to make his own remarkable voyage into the heart of America. All Standing chronicles the life of Nicholas, his fellow passengers, and the heroic crew members who conveyed them to safety. Using personal interviews, newspaper accounts, rare archival documents, and her own sailing experience, Miles takes readers back to another time and place that, for all its extremity, seems strangely familiara dire moment in history shaped by home foreclosures and company bailouts, seemingly untreatable pandemics, and the threat of immigrant labor. Against the backdrop of one of historys greatest atrocities, Miles weaves a thrilling, intimate narrative, chronicling the sea-passage and birth of one Irish-American family. Dedication; Map; Cast of Characters; Prologue; Chapter 1. The Gathering Storm; Chapter 2. A Great Hunger; Chapter 3. Ships, Colonies, and Commerce; Chapter 4. Dominion; Chapter 5. Phoenix Rising; Chapter 6. Ship's Fever; Chapter 7. Discord on Downing Street; Chapter 8. Visitations from a Vengeful God; Chapter 9. A Course for Disaster; Chapter 10. Pestilence and Plague; Chapter 11. An Audacious Plan; Chapter 12. Signing On; Chapter 13. The People's Physician; Chapter 14. Fare Thee Well; Chapter Silver Creek, Michigan, February 25, 1879; Chapter 15. At Sea; Chapter 16. Dead Reckoning. Chapter 17. QuarantineChapter 18. Passing Customs; Fergus Falls, Minnesota, May 1885; Chapter 19. Adrift; Chapter 20. Clearances; Chapter 21. Crossing the Bar; Chapter 22. No Irish Need Apply; Chapter 23. Royal Visit; Chapter 24. Steaming Ahead; Chapter 25. Liberty?; Fergus Falls, Minnesota, August 26, 1885; Chapter 26. The Rising Tide; Chapter 27. Departures; Chapter 28. Storm Season; Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 1886; Chapter 29. That Deadly Angel; April 1900; Chapter 30. Down with the Ship; Chapter 31. The Final Test; Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 8, 1904; Epilogue; Acknowledgments. About Kathryn MilesNotes; Index; Copyright.