 The second volume, written by Ferriter, is entitled "The Capricious Growth of a Single Root" and was added in 2001.The first volume of "The Irish Famine" discusses how the Irish (writers, historians, government officials) have approached the task of describing and creating accounts of the Famine.Tóibín wrote his volume in part, for Irish-Americans; he has been critical of how the Potato Famine of 1845-1850 has been taught in American schools.