Description
This is a biography and family history of five generations of an Assyrian Christian family as told through the eyes of the scion of their family Sam Sarmecanic. It begins with his grandparents generation and the flight to Iraq to escape genocide and covers his father's emigration to Chicago in the early 20th century by himself at age 9, his return to Urmia and Golpachan village as an adult, the agrarian life of seasonal migration between village and town, Sam's education in Tehran, his studies in London, his founding of a civil engineering firm which became one of the best in Iran, the revolution and emigrating with his family to San Jose, California to begin a new life.
Author: Brian Hanson Appleton
Publisher: Brian H Appleton
Published: 05/15/2017
Pages: 244
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.51d
ISBN13: 9780692873427
ISBN10: 0692873422
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- History | Middle East | Iran
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | General
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