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From: | joe graziosi <horoswithjoe@yahoo.com> |
Date: | Thu, 5 Mar 2009 09:08:45 -0800 (PST) |
Reply-To: | In Reply To: |
"Not Even My Name" is a very powerful and heart wrenching story, unfortunat=
ely marred by the daughter as co-author's biased and often incorrect histor=
y lessons
For the probably best book yet on the Exchange of Populations and its histo=
rical background, with quite a bit of information about Pontians try "Twice=
A Stranger - How Mass Expulsion Forged Modern Greece and Turkey", by Bruce=
Clark,=A0 Harvard University Press (I recommended this book in a previous =
thread)
For another and more often forgotten side of the picture and in lieu of the=
recent proliferation of "recognize the genocide" movements (I am referring=
to the silly "Recognize the Thracian Genocide" petition organized by the P=
an Thracian Union "Orfeas"in NY) try:
"Death and Exile - The Ethnic Cleansing of Ottoman Muslims, 1821-1922" by J=
ustin McCarthy , Darwin Press
There is a good book and older article (both of whose titles I forget) on t=
he Greek Pontian speaking Muslims by Michael Meeker
The British Byzantinist, Anthony Bryer, has written many good artcles and b=
ooks relating also to the modern Pontos as well as the medieval Empire of T=
rebizond
Joe Graziosi
--- On Wed, 3/4/09, Deborah Dukes <deborahmdukes@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Deborah Dukes <deborahmdukes@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [eefc] Books on Pontos/Pontian People?
To: "EEFC Listserv" <eefc@eefc.org>, "Jay House Samios" <house.jay@gmail.co=
m>
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 3:09 PM
I just finished reading "Not Even My Name" by Thea Halo.=A0=20
It's an incredibly powerfully written book about the author's mother,
who was born in a Pontic village about 1910, and who was removed -- along w=
ith
all of the other Pontic Greeks in the area -- about 1920.=A0=20
Other than some basic history offered as a preface to the author's
retelling of her mother's story, the book does not claim to be objective nor
extensively researched.=A0 If I remember correctly, the author ends the boo=
k with
a brief list of suggested further reading.
--- On Wed, 3/4/09, Jay House Samios <house.jay@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Jay House Samios <house.jay@gmail.com>
Subject: Books on Pontos/Pontian People?
To: "EEFC Listserv" <eefc@eefc.org>
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 10:59 AM
Greetings all,
The threat about Pontos and the musician in Boston makes me want to ask: do
you have a favorite book or two on any aspect of Pontian history? In English
preferrably, but other languages if they are "must-read". Can be
dedicated
to Pontos or more general book on population movements, WW1, creation of
Turkish state, music & dance, etc with a section on Pontos.
If you reply to me off-list I'm happy to compile and share back w/ the
list.
Thanks!
Jay
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(Ms.) Jay House Samios
646 246 5788
samios.jay@gmail.com
house.jay@gmail.com
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