TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments. . .ix
Foreword by the First Grandson. . .xi
Introduction by Dennis R. Papazian. . .xiii

Illustrations follow page 146

CHAPTER ONE

A Village Still Sleeping. . .1

CHAPTER TWO

Farewell to Efkereh. . .15

CHAPTER THREE

Bound for Smyrna. . .24

CHAPTER FOUR

A Flirtation with Allah. . .29

CHAPTER FIVE

Our Good Samaritan. . .37

CHAPTER SIX

Adventures of the Road. . .62

CHAPTER SEVEN

Haji Bey Comes Home. . .76

CHAPTER EIGHT

Death in the Woods. . .84

CHAPTER NINE

Justice on the Trail. . .94

CHAPTER TEN

A Question of Honor. . .102

CHAPTER ELEVEN

A Time for Decision. . .106

CHAPTER TWELVE

Welcome to America, 1910. . .114

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Early Days in Detroit. . .122

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

A Black Day in the Village. . .142

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

The House on the Cliff. . .159

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

A Family Greets the New Land. . .169

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Terror and Outrage in Smyrna. . .182

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Krikor's Ordeal. . .202

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Business as Usual. . .208

CHAPTER TWENTY

Adding Up a Life. . .218

EPILOGUE. . .222

AFTERWORD by Dennis R. Papazian. . .225

Part I: Outline of Early Armenian History. . .226

Part II: The Armenian Genocide. . .232

BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR READING. . .253