| Description |
xii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Content type |
text txt rdacontent |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-338). |
| Contents |
Before. The lost world ; Empty plans ; The countdown ; Alphabet City -- The exile. Breaking stones ; People we don't mention ; Following orders ; Under the black tree ; Night train ; The interior ; Infidel mountains -- Red River. The headscarf ; Dreams traded for bread ; The bath ; Water's course ; The dead zone ; Hell ; Welcome to Syria ; The desert's end ; My shadow ; Tell the world ; The sandstorm -- Refuge. Betrayal ; The Church ; The Sheikh ; Two Hammuds ; Crossroads ; The feast ; Home ; One family -- Weddings and anniversaries. |
| Summary |
"The inspiring story of a young Armenian's harrowing escape from genocide and of his granddaughter's quest to retrace his steps. Growing up, Dawn MacKeen heard fragments of her grandfather Stepan's story, of how he was swept up in the deadly mass deportation of Armenians during World War I and of how he miraculously managed to escape. Longing for a fuller picture of Stepan's life--and the lost home her family fled--Dawn travels alone to Turkey and Syria, across a landscape still rife with tension. Using his long-lost journals as a guide, she reconstructs her grandfather's odyssey to the far reaches of the Ottoman Empire, where he found himself in the midst of unspeakable atrocities. Part reportage, part memoir, The Hundred-Year Walk alternates between Stepan's tale of resilience and Dawn's remarkable journey, giving us a rare firsthand account of the twentieth century's first genocide. It's filled with edge-of-your-seat escapes and accounts of lifesaving kindnesses in the harsh desert. And it's in the desert that Dawn finds the unexpected: the secret to Stepan's survival"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Miskjian, Stepan, 1886-1974.
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Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Armenia.
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Armenian massacres survivors -- Biography.
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Young men -- Armenia -- History -- Biography.
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Escapes -- Armenia -- History -- 20th century.
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Desert survival -- Syria -- History -- 20th century.
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MacKeen, Dawn Anahid -- Family.
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MacKeen, Dawn Anahid -- Travel -- Turkey.
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MacKeen, Dawn Anahid -- Travel -- Syria.
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- Turkey & Ottoman Empire. |
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Cultural Heritage. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. |
| Genre |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780618982660 |
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0618982663 |
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