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In star of the sea, however, the young irish novelist joseph oconnor not only vividly conjures up the memory of the disaster out of which modern ireland was. The novel is set in 1847 against the backdrop of the irish famine. Jackie robinson and the story of all black baseball. Set in the time of the great famine in ireland, it tells the story of those individuals aboard the star of the sea as they travel towards the promised land of america. Before success as an author, he was a journalist with the sunday tribune newspaper and esquire magazine.
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