The Burning Tigris by Peter Balakian
Long before the rise of Hitler and his Final Solution, Ottoman Turkey utilized technology, state bureaucracy, and the military in an attempt to destroy the Armenian people. In this award-winning national bestseller, critically acclaimed author Peter Balakian recounts the massacres of the Armenians in the 1890s and of the Armenian Genocide in 1915, which has been described as a template for all genocides that have followed.
But this is also a story about an extraordinary chapter in American history. From 1890 to the 1920's, both ordinary citizens and celebrities like Theodore Roosevelt, Clara Barton and Mark Twain joined efforts to try and save the Armenian people. Balakian brings to life both the unspeakable horror in Europe and the birth of the human rights movement in the United States in this wrenching and unforgettable tale. Peter Balakian is the author of Black Dog of Fate, which won the 1998 PEN/Albrand Prize for memoir. He is Constance H. and Donald M. Rebar Professor of the Humanities in the department of English at Colgate University, where he was the first director of the Center for Ethics and World Societies. He holds a Ph.D. in American Civilization from Brown University, and is the recipient of many prizes and awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Anahit Literary Prize."Richly imagined and carefully documented." -- The New YorkerPeter Balakian is the author of eight books of poems including Ozone Journal, which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, and Ziggurat, both published by the University of Chicago Press. His memoir Black Dog of Fate won the PEN/Albrand Award and was a New York Times notable book, and The Burning Tigris won the Raphael Lemkin Prize and was a New York Times bestseller and New York Times notable book. He is Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities in the Department of English at Colgate University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780060198404 |
| ISBN 10 | 0060198400 |
| Title | The Burning Tigris |
| Author | Peter Balakian |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2003-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 475 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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