VOYAGE OF MERCY: the USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the remarkable story of America’s first humanitarian mission

STEPHEN PULEO St Martin’s Press $28.99 ISBN 9781250200471 Reviewed by Dean Jobb Dean Jobb is the author of Empire of deception and teaches non-fiction writing at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was a perilous voyage—a run from Boston to Ireland in April, perhaps the stormiest month to be crossing the ... Read more

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