Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Format: Book Author: Haykaz, Aram, 1900-1986, author. Title: Four years in the mountains of Kurdistan, 1915-1919 : an Armenian boy's memoir of survival / Aram Haigaz. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: Bronxville, New York : Maiden Lane Press, [2014?] ©2014 Description: 363 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm Summary: An extraordinary coming-of-age story and survival story of an Armenian teenager forced to live in a tribal culture among Kurdish peasants and Turkish beys. He rose from "infidel" servant to trusted secretary and escaped captivity, the only person in his adoptive tribe who could read and write. Subjects: Haykaz, Aram, 1900-1986 -- Biography. Armenian massacres, 1915-1923 -- Biography. World War, 1914-1918 -- Armenia -- Biography. Kurds -- Turkey -- History -- Biography. Genocide survivors -- Biography. Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923 -- Personal narratives. Turkey -- History -- Biography. Kurdistan -- History -- Biography. Other Author: Chekenian, Iris Haigaz, translator. Other Title: Chʻors tari Kʻiwrtistani leṛnerun mēj. English. Armenian boy's memoir of survival Notes: Originally published in Armenian in 1972. Contents: Our cross, 1915 -- My first master -- Life as a shepherd -- A new home, 1916 -- Crime and punishment -- A hero falls, 1917 -- To Bey Punar, 1918 -- The last year, 1918-1919. ISBN: 9781940210063 1940210062 Other Number: 884808027 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 517597 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 956.62 Haykaz Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
