[Armenian Americana]. [New York]

[The Crucified Saint]

Union City, N.J. A. Debaghian, [1934]. 15,[1]pp. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled. Previously folded. Short, closed tear to one interior leaf from fore-edge. Otherwise, minor creasing and dust soiling. Very good. Item #6304

A detailed account in Armenian of the assassination of Armenian Archbishop Leon Tourian by members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) in New York on Christmas Eve 1933. He was considered to be pro-Soviet by the ARF, and he was subsequently stabbed to death in his own church by nine assailants. The killing created a major schism in the Armenian American church that continues to this day. An unusual Armenian New Jersey imprint; OCLC locates only three copies, at the Library of Congress, Michigan-Dearborn, and the National Association for Armenian Studies.

Price: $450.00