Many Hills yet to Climb: Memoirs of an Armenian Deportee

Synopsis

Victims of tragedies seldom are able to tell of their experiences objectively and without bitterness. It is usually left to others to interpret—and fictionalize—such events. Many Hills Yet to Climb is an exception because its author is an exceptional man. As a young man coming of age, John Minassian lived through the Armenian genocide from 1895 through 1915, which even today the Turkish government denies ever occurred. Now, nearly a century later, Minassian describes his experiences—the destruction of his home, the loss and scattering of family and friends, the bitter enmity between two cultures—in a unique memoir. He does not attempt to give a global significance to the events, but rather a human document that lets us see things as a perceptive and sensitive teenage boy saw them at the turn of the twentieth century. JOHN MINASSIAN was born in 1895 of Armenian parents in Sivas, in central Turkey. He started school with the American missionaries in Sivas and finished his grammar school education in 1908 in Gurun. In 1913 he attended the American Teachers College in Sivas. His studies ended in 1914 with the outbreak of the first World War. During the war he was deported, with most Armenians, to Aleppo. Concealing his identity, he fled into the Syrian desert where he worked with Turkish, German, and Indian work crews. After the war, he went to Constantinople, where he worked for the post-war British Army. In 1920, he gained passage to the U.S. in 1920. He lives today with his wife, Mary, in Santa Barbara, California.

Copyright:

1986

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

251 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780936941004

Publisher:

Jim Cook Publisher

Date of Addition:

09/19/18

Copyrighted By:

JOHN MINASSIAN

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics

Submitted By:

David Hoff Jr

Proofread By:

Margaret Min

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.