Annals of the famine in Ireland

the long version

In January 1847, during the height of the Famine in Ireland, Asenath Hatch Nicholson began her one-woman relief operation in Dublin, organizing a soup-kitchen, visiting homes of the poor and distributing bread in the streets. In a uniquely personal campaign, this remarkable individual travelled the country, helping the starving from Dublin to the West, North, and South. Compassionate and searing, this book is an extraordinary narrative by an eye-witness who partook of the lives of those she helped to feed and clothe. Her sketches and snapshots, vividly recapturing individuals and events during one of the most momentous periods of Irish history, are introduced and skillfully annotated here. -- Publisher description