Death on the railroad / a Tile Films Ltd. and Thirteen co-production in association with WNET ; written and directed by Dave Farrell, Keith Farrell.

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Title:

ISBN:

9781608839100

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publication Information:

[Arlington, Va.] : PBS : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2013]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Documentary.

DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.

Summary:

In 1832, 57 young men from Ireland boarded a ship to America, leaving behind an impoverished country in hopes of a better life. Arriving healthy, all were dead in eight weeks. Did they all die due to a cholera pandemic as was widely believed? Or, were some of them murdered? Using the latest forensic and scientific investigative techniques, as well as historical detective work in Ireland and the U.S., modern detectives and experts will unravel this extraordinary story.

Corporate Subject:

Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad -- History

Geographic Term:

Duffy's Cut Site (Malvern, Pa.)

Malvern (Pa.)

Subject Term:

Murder -- Investigation

Irish Americans -- History 19th century.

Foreign workers, Irish -- History 19th century

Railroad construction workers -- History 19th century.

Cholera -- History 19th century

Epidemics -- History 19th century