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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Ureneck, Lou.     Subjects     Jennings, Asa Kent, 1877-1933.     Greco-Turkish War, 1921-1922 -- Refugees -- Turkey -- İzmir.     Greeks -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century.     Armenians -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century.     Massacres -- Turkey -- İzmir.     İzmir (Turkey)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ureneck, Lou.       by title:      The great fire : one...       by call number:      956.1023 U75g     Search the Web     Ureneck, Lou.     Jennings, Asa Kent, 1877-1933.     Greco-Turkish War, 1921-1922 -- Refugees -- Turkey -- İzmir.     Greeks -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century.     Armenians -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century.     Massacres -- Turkey -- İzmir.     İzmir (Turkey)       MARC Display

The great fire : one American's mission to rescue victims of the 20th century's first genocide / Lou Ureneck. by Ureneck, Lou. Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015. Call #: 956.1023 U75g Subjects Jennings, Asa Kent, 1877-1933.   Greco-Turkish War, 1921-1922 -- Refugees -- Turkey -- İzmir.   Greeks -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century.   Armenians -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century.   Massacres -- Turkey -- İzmir.   İzmir (Turkey) ISBN:  9780062259882 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xvi, 488 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-466) and index. Contents:  End of an empire -- An innocent arrives -- The Great Offensive -- George Horton, poet-consul -- Garabed Hatcherian -- Admiral Bristol, American potentate -- Washington responds -- Jennings's suggestion -- Theodora -- An American destroyer arrives -- The view from Nif -- Back in Constantinople -- Captain Hepburn's dilemma -- Garabed Hatcherian -- Noureddin Pasha -- fire breaks out -- "All boats over" -- Morning after -- Garabed Hatcherian -- Oil, war, and the protection of minorities -- Bristol's resistance -- Halsey Powell -- Theodora -- Days of despair -- "We are celebrating Smyrna" -- Jennings and the Hand of God -- Garabed Hatcherian -- Washington feels pressure -- Jennings negotiates with a Prime Minister -- The evacuation begins -- The Rhodes letter resurfaces -- Revolution -- British assistance -- After Smyrna. Summary:  Relates the true story of Asa Jennings, a YMCA minister from upstate New York who arrived in Smyrna (now Izmir) in 1922 to teach sports to boys, but instead found himself working tirelessly to help rescue more than 250,000 refugees during the genocide of Armenian and Greek Christians. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 956.1023 U75g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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