The Forty Days.
by Werfel, Franz
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
London, Hutchinson International Authors Ltd, n.d., first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Translated from the German by Geoffrey Dunlop, the title is shortened from its original title, The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, Musa Dagh being a mountain known as Moses's mountain, it was there that a group of Armenians resisted slaughter by the Turks on the order of the Turkish government in 1915, the first holocaust of the 20th Century wherein 1.5 million of the 3 million Armenians living in Turkey who were subject to Turkish oppression for centuries were killed in massacres or forced deportations. 1945-dated ink inscription, else near fine in a very good jacket.
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- Bookseller
- James M. Dourgarian, Bookman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JD33872
- Title
- The Forty Days.
- Author
- Werfel, Franz
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Hutchinson International Authors Ltd, n.d., first edition thus, dust jacket. Hardcover.
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James M. Dourgarian, Bookman
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Concord, California
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