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TITLE:
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
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