Dragons & Violins
A Memoir of War and Music
Dragons & Violins is a narrative nonfiction account of the tumultuous early life of George Edgar, who was born in Persia (now Iran) at a time when Turks & Kurds were determinedly carrying out unimaginable violence against Assyrian, Armenian and Pontic Greek Christians. Born Sargis Georges Yadgar, George Edgar's Assyrian family escaped to southern Russia, where they were caught up in the chaos of World War I and the Russian revolution and civil war. They eventually escaped to Constantinople, and finally made their way to Ellis Island and the United States on July 4th, 1921.As a poor immigrant kid surviving the Great Depression in New Y…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-64718-918-1
- EAN: 9781647189181
- Produktnummer: 34861022
- Verlag: Booklocker.com, Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 322 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.3 cm 649 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 649
Über den Autor
David A. Armstrong is a director and veteran cinematographer in the motion picture industry and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He is also the grandson of George Edgar and is currently adapting Dragons & Violins into a screenplay and motion picture.
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