Annals of the famine in Ireland
Nicholson, Asenath, 1792-18551998
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At the height of the Irish famine, Asenath Nicholson began a one-woman relief operation in Dublin; a soup-kitchen, visits to homes of the poor and distributing bread in the streets. Similtaneously she wished to "bring the Bible to the poor". She wrote an eye-witness account of the events.
Main title:
Annals of the famine in Ireland / Asenath Nicholson ; edited by Maureen Murphy.
Imprint:
Dublin : Lilliput Press, 1998.
Collation:
240p. : port. ; 22cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: E. French, 1851.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781874675945 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.5081
Language:
English
BRN:
1232752
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