THE RED RUGS OF TARSUS
A WOMAN'S RECORD OF THE ARMENIAN MASSACRE
OF 1909
Helen Davenport Gibbons
With a new introduction and annotations by Fr Paul Stenhouse MSC
ISBN: 9781925501193
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 130 pages
Price: $19.95
First Published: 1917.
Around 1915, 1.5 million Armenian Christians
were killed, with many more deported, by the Ottoman Empire. This slaughter has
become known as the 'Armenian Genocide'. Earlier, in 1909, Helen Davenport
Gibbons, a lecturer, found herself in Tarsus at the invitation of the President
of the St Paul’s Institute. It was from here, in a series of letters which
comprise this volume, that she made known to many the facts of the massacres
she witnessed in Tarsus and Adana. It was these which led ultimately to the
genocide of 1915. First published in 1917, this first-hand account, highlights
one of the major atrocities of our modern age.
With a new introduction and annotations,
this volume is an essential reading for anyone who believes in learning from
history.
