Voyage of mercy : the USS Jamestown, the Irish famine, and the remarkable story of America's first humanitarian mission / Stephen Puleo.

Voyage of mercy : the USS Jamestown, the Irish famine, and the remarkable story of America's first humanitarian mission / Stephen Puleo.

By
: 
Puleo, Stephen.

Publication Date
: 
2020

Publication Information
: 
New York : St. Martin's Press,

Physical Description
: 
xviii, 313 p. : ill.

Subject Term
: 
Famines -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.
 
Food relief.
 
Famines.
 
International economic relations.

Geographic Term
: 
Ireland -- History -- Famine, 1845-1852.
 
United States -- Foreign economic relations.
 
Ireland -- Foreign relations.
 
Ireland.

Bibliography Note
: 
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-303) and index.

Summary
: 
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.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9781250200471
 
9781250797117


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Mount Pearl (AMP) R. KingAdult NFicAdult Non-Fiction363.8 P96Checked In
Port Aux Basques (WPB)Adult NFicAdult Non-Fiction363.8 P96Checked In
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Adult NFicAdult Non-Fiction363.8 P96Checked In