Basic Books, Date: 2009. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2009. Basic Books ISBN 0465010199 9780465010196 [US]

Basic Books, Date: 2009-02-10. Paperback. Good. 2009. Basic Books ISBN 0465010199 9780465010196 [US]

ISBN10: 0465010199, ISBN13: 9780465010196, [publisher: Basic Books (AZ), New York] Softcover Paperback. In this tenth anniversary edition of his award-winning memoir, "New York Times" bestselling author Peter Balakian has expanded his compelling story about growing up in the baby-boom suburbs of the '50s and '60s and coming to understand what happened to his family in the first genocide of the twentieth century—the Ottoman Turkish government's extermination of more than one million Armenians in 1915. In this new edition, Balakian continues his exploration of the Armenian Genocide with new chapters about his journey to Aleppo and his trip to the Der Zor desert of Syria in his pursuit of his grandmother's life, bringing us closer to the twentieth century's first genocide. The first-born son of his generation, Peter Balakian grew up in a close, extended family, sheltered by 1950s and '60s New Jersey suburbia and immersed in an all-American boyhood defined by rock 'n' roll, adolescent pranks, and a passion for the New York Yankees that he shared with his beloved grandmother. But beneath this sunny world lay the dark specter of the trauma his family and ancestors had experienced—the Turkish government's extermination of more than a million Armenians in 1915, including many of Balakian's relatives, in the century's first genocide. In ...
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ISBN10: 0465010199, ISBN13: 9780465010196, [publisher: Basic Books (AZ), New York] Softcover Paperback. In this tenth anniversary edition of his award-winning memoir, "New York Times" bestselling author Peter Balakian has expanded his compelling story about growing up in the baby-boom suburbs of the '50s and '60s and coming to understand what happened to his family in the first genocide of the twentieth century—the Ottoman Turkish government's extermination of more than one million Armenians in 1915. In this new edition, Balakian continues his exploration of the Armenian Genocide with new chapters about his journey to Aleppo and his trip to the Der Zor desert of Syria in his pursuit of his grandmother's life, bringing us closer to the twentieth century's first genocide. The first-born son of his generation, Peter Balakian grew up in a close, extended family, sheltered by 1950s and '60s New Jersey suburbia and immersed in an all-American boyhood defined by rock 'n' roll, adolescent pranks, and a passion for the New York Yankees that he shared with his beloved grandmother. But beneath this sunny world lay the dark specter of the trauma his family and ancestors had experienced—the Turkish government's extermination of more than a million Armenians in 1915, including many of Balakian's relatives, in the century's first genocide. In ...
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ISBN10: 0465010199, ISBN13: 9780465010196, [publisher: Basic Books February 2009] Softcover used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.
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