Tadem, my father's village
Subtitle: extinguished during the 1915 Armenian genocide
By: Robert Aram Kaloosdian
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Peter E. Randall Publisher
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781942155027; 9781942155065
Subjects: Zerstörung; World War, 1914-1918; Armenier; Armenian massacres, 1915-1923; World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746; Armenian massacres (1915-1923) fast (OCoLC)fst00814739; Armenians; Dorf; Massaker; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-321) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Tadem. Searching for Tadem; title: The shadows of memory on a Tadem childhood; title: The 1895 plunder and massacre; title: Gaspar's journey : taking a chance on America; title: The Tadem educational society; title: A new word : Hurriyet; title: Garabed : an unlettered soldier in the Great War; title: Kevork and the oxcarts : requisition and exhaustion; title: The search for guns and the pretext for disarming Tadem; title: "Too young to kill" : the arrest and execution of Tadem's manhood; title: Deportation of the women of Tadem; title: Lucia's unimaginable misfortune; title: Boghos avoids deportation; title: Saroutsna Sevkiat : the massacre of the remnants; title: Slaves in a vanishing village; title: In Mezre Prison once again; title: Cursed and threatened : Boghos's flight to Mezre; title: The remnants' resignation and Hafiz's remorse; title: Nishan murdered, despite the American Consul's brave efforts; title: A final witness : Nectar Vanetzian's story; title: Photo section; title: Part II. Boghos's journey to America. Through the Dersim Mountains and out of the Turkish grasp; title: Erzinjan : an uncertain refuge; title: Retreat through chaos and revolution; title: Up the Volga by steamship; title: The endless Trans-Siberian Railway; title: Yokohama to Seattle : a transpacific journey; title: Part III. Life in America. Crossing the vastness of America; title: The early days; title: Badaskhan and Ovan rescued; title: The foundry; title: The club; title: The great hurricane of 1938; title: Finding Tadem; title: Postscript : the destinies of Tadem's survivors; title: Appendix A : key dates in the lives of Tadem villagers; title: Appendix B : Tadem's Gamavors; title: Appendix C : women of Tadem who survived the July 1915 deportation; title: Appendix D : Hovanes' partisan defenders.