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Four years in the mountains of Kurdistan, 1915-1919, an Armenian boy's memoir of survival, Aram Haigaz ; English translation by Iris H. Chekenian

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Four years in the mountains of Kurdistan, 1915-1919, an Armenian boy's memoir of survival, Aram Haigaz ; English translation by Iris H. Chekenian

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Four years in the mountains of Kurdistan, 1915-1919

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Aram Haigaz ; English translation by Iris H. Chekenian

Sub title

an Armenian boy's memoir of survival

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 excaped captivity, the only person in his adoptive trive who could read and write"--Jacket flap

Target audience

adult

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Armenian boy's memoir of survival

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