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The Year of Decision
by Stephen Puleo
Voyage of Mercy is the remarkable story of the mission that inspired a…
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Voyage of Mercy
: “The Distress is Universal”
by Stephen Puleo
Ireland, 1846. Father Theobald Mathew implores assistant secretary at the British Treasury, Charles…
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America’s Remarkable First Humanitarian Mission: Widespread Aid to Ireland During the Great Famine
by Stephen Puleo
By Stephen Puleo Stephen Puleo, author of Voyage of Mercy, discusses the remarkable story of the…
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A Kidnapped Boy Becomes a Patron Saint
by Philip Jett “My name is Patrick... I was taken prisoner. I was about sixteen... I…
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Eoin MacNeill: Building an Army for the Easter Rising
by Tim Pat Coogan ‘MacNeill’ was Eoin MacNeill, the ostensible leader of the Irish Volunteers, a…
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Incredible Things You Never Knew About Ireland
by Christopher Winn
Things I Never Knew About Ireland There was an awful lot I never knew…
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Feathered Fighters
by Tom Clavin
67 years ago, the U.S. Army Pigeon Service closed. You might think that…
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7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven titles highlighting the amazing feats of women, whether…
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Good With a Gun
by Tom Clavin
In the following excerpt from Follow Me to Hell, Tom Clavin introduces John…
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When Fascists Roamed America’s Cities
by Thomas Mullen
When we think about the World War II years, we tend to visualize…
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The Mayor and the Nazis
by Terry Golway
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in the…
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The First Shots of the Revolution
by Jack Kelly
In the following excerpt from God Save Benedict Arnold , the first shots of…
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The Cave Man
by Tom Clavin
Did you know that there was a series of events known as the…
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Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
Cold Crematorium is the first English language edition of a lost memoir by Holocaust survivor József…
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