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1 online resource (xii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) |
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text file rdaft |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Part One. Before -- The Lost World, 2006 -- Empty Plans, 1910 -- Countdown, 2007 -- Alphabet City, 1913 -- Part Two. The Exile -- Breaking Stones, 1914 -- People We Don't Mention, 2007 -- Following Orders, 1915 -- Under the Black Tree, 2007 -- Night Train, 1915 -- The Interior, 2007 -- Infidel Mountains, 1915 -- Part Three. Red River -- Headscarf, 2007 -- Dreams Traded for Bread, 1915 -- The Bath, 2007 -- Water's Course, 1915/1916 -- The Dead Zone, 2007 -- Hell, 1916 -- Welcome to Syria, 2007 -- Desert's End, 1916 -- My Shadow, 2007 -- Tell the World, 1916 -- The Sandstorm, 2007 -- Part Four. Refuge -- Betrayal, 1916/1917 -- The Church, 2007 -- The Sheikh, 1917 -- Two Hamuds, 2007 -- Crossroads, 1917 -- The Feast, 2007 -- Home, 1918/1919 -- One Family, 2007 -- Epilogue: The Anniversary, 2012. |
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| Summary |
A Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist and New York Post Must-Read. "An emotionally poignant work" of survival during the Armenian genocide (Aline Ohanesian, author of Orhan's Inheritance ). Growing up, Dawn MacKeen heard from her mother how her grandfather Stepan miraculously escaped from the Turks during the Armenian genocide of 1915, when more than one million people-half the Armenian population-were killed. In The Hundred-Year Walk , MacKeen alternates between Stepan's courageous account, drawn from his long-lost journals, and her own story as she attempts to retrace his steps, setting out alone to Turkey and Syria, shadowing her resourceful, resilient grandfather across a landscape still rife with tension. Dawn uses his journals to guide her to the places he was imperiled and imprisoned and the desert he crossed with only half a bottle of water. Their shared story is a testament to family, to home, and to the power of the human spirit to transcend the barriers of religion, ethnicity, and even time itself. "This book reminds us that the way we treat strangers can ripple out in ways we will never know . . . MacKeen's excavation of the past reveals both uncomfortable and uplifting lessons about our present."-Ari Shapiro, NPR "I am in awe of what Dawn MacKeen has done here . . . Her sentences sing. Her research shines. Her readers will be rapt-and a lot smarter by the end."-Meghan Daum, author of The Problem with Everything "Harrowing."- Us Weekly "This previously untold story of survival and personal fortitude is on par with Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken ."- Library Journal (starred review) |
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Publisher metadata. |
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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 Genocide 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.
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Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9780544582927 (e-pub) |
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9780618982660 (print) |
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