| Armenian Golgotha: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1918 Contributor(s): Balakian, Grigoris (Author), Balakian, Peter (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1400096774 ISBN-13: 9781400096770 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Turkey & Ottoman Empire - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008039957 |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6.58" W x 9.24" (1.55 lbs) 576 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On April 24, 1915, Grigoris Balakian was arrested along with some 250 other leaders of Constantinople's Armenian community. It was the beginning of the Ottoman Empire's systematic attempt to eliminate the Armenian people from Turkey--a campaign that continued through World War I and the fall of the empire. Over the next four years, Balakian would bear witness to a seemingly endless caravan of blood, surviving to recount his miraculous escape and expose the atrocities that led to over a million deaths. Armenian Golgotha is Balakian's devastating eyewitness account--a haunting reminder of the first modern genocide and a controversial historical document that is destined to become a classic of survivor literature. |