The hundred-year walk
Subtitle: an Armenian odyssey
By: Dawn Anahid MacKeen
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780618982660
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Armenian massacres, 1915-1923; Family; Escapes; Travel; Armenian massacres survivors; Desert survival; Young men; Biography; History
Description: "The inspiring story of a young Armenian's harrowing escape from genocide and of his granddaughter's quest to retrace his steps. Growing up, Dawn MacKeen heard fragments of her grandfather Stepan's story, of how he was swept up in the deadly mass deportation of Armenians during World War I and of how he miraculously managed to escape. Longing for a fuller picture of Stepan's life--and the lost home her family fled--Dawn travels alone to Turkey and Syria, across a landscape still rife with tension. Using his long-lost journals as a guide, she reconstructs her grandfather's odyssey to the far reaches of the Ottoman Empire, where he found himself in the midst of unspeakable atrocities. Part reportage, part memoir, The Hundred-Year Walk alternates between Stepan's tale of resilience and Dawn's remarkable journey, giving us a rare firsthand account of the twentieth century's first genocide. It's filled with edge-of-your-seat escapes and accounts of lifesaving kindnesses in the harsh desert. And it's in the desert that Dawn finds the unexpected: the secret to Stepan's survival"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part One. Before; title: The Lost World, 2006; title: Empty Plans, 1910; title: Countdown, 2007; title: Alphabet City, 1913; title: Part Two. The Exile; title: Breaking Stones, 1914; title: People We Don't Mention, 2007; title: Following Orders, 1915; title: Under the Black Tree, 2007; title: Night Train, 1915; title: The Interior, 2007; title: Infidel Mountains, 1915; title: Part Three. Red River; title: Headscarf, 2007; title: Dreams Traded for Bread, 1915; title: The Bath, 2007; title: Water's Course, 1915/1916; title: The Dead Zone, 2007; title: Hell, 1916; title: Welcome to Syria, 2007; title: Desert's End, 1916; title: My Shadow, 2007; title: Tell the World, 1916; title: The Sandstorm, 2007; title: Part Four. Refuge; title: Betrayal, 1916/1917; title: The Church, 2007; title: The Sheikh, 1917; title: Two Hamuds, 2007; title: Crossroads, 1917; title: The Feast, 2007; title: Home, 1918/1919; title: One Family, 2007; title: Epilogue: The Anniversary, 2012.