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Author Ureneck, Lou, author.

Title The great fire : one American's mission to rescue victims of the 20th century's first genocide / Lou Ureneck. [Boundless electronic resource]

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 488 pages) : illustrations
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Summary Relates the true story of Asa Jennings, a YMCA worker from upstate New York who arrived in Smyrna to teach sports to boys, but instead worked tirelessly to help rescue more than 250,000 refugees during the genocide of Armenian and Greek Christians.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-466) and index.
System Details Requires Boundless App.
Subject Jennings, Asa Kent, 1877-1933.
Greco-Turkish War, 1921-1922 -- Refugees -- Turkey -- İzmir.
İzmir (Turkey) -- History -- 20th century.
Greeks -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century.
Armenians -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century.
Massacres -- Turkey -- İzmir.
Other Form: Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Ureneck, Lou. Great fire New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015] 9780062259882 (NjBwBT)bl2015016238 (OCoLC)889165933
ISBN 9780062259905 : $15.99
0062259903 : $15.99
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