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BL
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| Record Number
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603793
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| Doc. No
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b433012
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| Uniform Title
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Chʻors tari Kʻiwrtistani leṛnerun mēj.English
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| Main Entry
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Haykaz, Aram,1900-1986
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| Title & Author
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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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| Edition Statement
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First edition
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| Page. NO
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363 pages :: illustrations, portraits ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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9781940210063 :
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: 1940210062
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| Notes
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Originally published in Armenian in 1972
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| Contents
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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
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| Abstract
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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
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| Subject
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Haykaz, Aram,1900-1986-- Biography
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Armenian massacres, 1915-1923-- Biography
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World War, 1914-1918-- Armenia-- Biography
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Kurds-- Turkey-- History-- Biography
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Genocide survivors-- Biography
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Armenian massacres, 1915-1923, Personal narratives
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Turkey, History, Biography
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Kurdistan, History, Biography
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| Dewey Classification
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956.62/0154
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| LC Classification
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DS195.3.H3787.A3 2014
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| Added Entry
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Chekenian, Iris Haigaz
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| Parallel Title
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Armenian boy's memoir of survival
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