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The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response
by Balakian, Peter
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060198400
- ISBN 13
- 9780060198404
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Harpercollins, 2003. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xx, 475pp w notes, glossary, bibliography and index. One unpaginated section of historical bw photographs w captions. Red boards, brown quarter-wrap spine w crisp gold lettering. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ clean and without wear, preserved in archival cover. Octavo.
Synopsis
The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response presents a narrative of the massacres of the Armenians during the 1890s and genocide in 1915 at the responsibility of the Ottoman government. Using archival documents and first-person accounts, Peter Balakian shows the history of how the Young Turks were involved in the Armenian Genocide. The book received the 2005 Raphael Lemkin Prize and was a New York Times Notable Book and New York Times and national best seller.
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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043891
- Title
- The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response
- Author
- Balakian, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0060198400
- ISBN 13
- 9780060198404
- Publisher
- Harpercollins
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Armenian massacres, 1915-1923. Armenian massacres, 1915-1923 - Foreign public opinion, American. Genocide - Turkey. Human rights. NOISBN
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- History;
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