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Compassionate stranger Asenath Nicholson and the Great Irish Famine

Title
Compassionate stranger [electronic resource] : Asenath Nicholson and the Great Irish Famine / Maureen O'Rourke Murphy.
Author
Murphy, Maureen O'Rourke.
Publication
Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2015.

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Details

Description
1 online resource (xxv, 366 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series Statement
Irish studies
Uniform Title
  • Compassionate stranger (Online)
  • Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Alternative Title
  • Compassionate stranger (Online)
  • Asenath Nicholson and the Great Irish Famine
Subject
  • Nicholson, Asenath, 1792-1855
  • Famine (Ireland : 1845-1852)
  • 1800 - 1899
  • Missionaries > United States > 19th century > Biography
  • Philanthropists > United States > 19th century > Biography
  • Ireland > History > Famine, 1845-1852
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-344) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Chronology -- Prologue -- Puritan beginnings on the Vermont frontier -- Social gospels, garrets, and cellars : the New York years, 1831-44 -- An errand in the wilderness : Nicholson in Ireland in 1844 -- "A city on a hill," 1845 -- "If this cup may not pass away from me" : Nicholson begins her famine mission -- "Misery without mask" : Mayo in the winter of 1847-48 -- Back to Cork : "Ireland, I love thee still," 1848 -- Peace and progress, 1848-52 : Nicholson in the UK and on the Continent -- Peace and progress, 1850-51 : lights and shades of Ireland -- Last years -- Afterword.
LCCN
2014953939
OCLC
ssj0001481220
Author
Murphy, Maureen O'Rourke.
Title
Compassionate stranger [electronic resource] : Asenath Nicholson and the Great Irish Famine / Maureen O'Rourke Murphy.
Imprint
Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Series
Irish studies
Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-344) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Chronological Term
1800 - 1899
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