Voyage of mercy : the USS Jamestown, the Irish famine, and the remarkable story of America's first humanitarian mission
by Puleo, Stephen (Author)
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"The remarkable story of the mission that inspired a nation to donate massive relief to Ireland during the potato famine and began America's tradition of providing humanitarian aid around the world More than 5,000 ships left Ireland during the great potato famine in the late 1840s, transporting the... Full description
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Edition
First edition.
Subjects
Forbes, R. B. > (Robert Bennet), > 1804-1889.
Mathew, Theobald, > 1790-1856.
Famines > Ireland > History > 19th century.
Food relief > Ireland > History > 19th century.
Food relief, American > Ireland.
Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852.