Shamshone: Sun of Assyria

Five Generations of a Family from Iranian Azerbaijan

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies, History, Middle East, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Shamshone: Sun of Assyria by Brian Hanson Appleton, Sam Sarmecanic, Brian H Appleton
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Author: Brian Hanson Appleton, Sam Sarmecanic ISBN: 9780692883358
Publisher: Brian H Appleton Publication: May 15, 2017
Imprint: Brian H Appleton Language: English
Author: Brian Hanson Appleton, Sam Sarmecanic
ISBN: 9780692883358
Publisher: Brian H Appleton
Publication: May 15, 2017
Imprint: Brian H Appleton
Language: English

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.

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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.

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