THE WEB OF HOPE

George B. Kooshian found himself thrust into the middle of the epic history of the early twentieth century in the Near East, Europe, and America. This day-by-day eyewitness account begins with the author&rsquo,s pre-World War I education in American schools in Turkey and continues to his arrest and exile into the merciless Syrian desert by the Ottoman government in 1915 and his harrowing escape from massacre between the legs of his executioner across the searing terrain to safety and ultimate emigration to the United States. He carried with him at all times his precious diary and pencil, and recorded everything he saw for posterity. Unforgettable saints and sinners populated his life