{"product_id":"voyage-of-mercy-9781250797117","title":"Voyage of Mercy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e[A] well-researched and splendidly written chronicle of the Jamestown, its captain, and an Irish priest who ministered to the starving in Cork city...Puleo's tale, despite the hardship to come, surely is a tribute to the better angels of America's nature, and in that sense, it couldn't be more timely.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe 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\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than 5,000 ships left Ireland during the great potato famine in the late 1840s, transporting the starving and the destitute away from their stricken homeland. The first vessel to sail in the other direction, to help the millions unable to escape, was the \u003ci\u003eUSS Jamestown\u003c\/i\u003e, a converted warship, which left Boston in March 1847 loaded with precious food for Ireland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an unprecedented m\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528967790935,"sku":"9781250797117","price":16.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250797117.jpg?v=1731873760","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/voyage-of-mercy-9781250797117","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}