An American Martyr In Persia: The Epic Life And Tragic Death Of Howard Baskerville Reza Aslan Ww Norton Co Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Theatre

Little Known In America But Venerated As A Martyr Iran Howard Baskerville Was Twenty-Two-Year-Old Christian Missionary From South Dakota Who Travelled To Persia (Modern-Day Iran) 1907 For Two-Year Stint Teaching English And Preaching The Gospel He Arrived Midst Of Democratic Revolution—The First Its Kind Middle East—Led By Group Brilliant Young Firebrands Committed Transforming Their Country Into Fully Self-Determining Constitutional Monarchy One With Free Elections An Independent Parliament Persian Students Educated Turn Him About Struggle Democracy Ultimately Inspiring Leave His Post Join Them Fight Against Tyrannical Shah British Russian Backers “The Only Difference Between Me These People Is Place My Birth \ Declared “And That Not Big ” 1909 Killed Battle Alongside Martyrdom Spurred On Revolutionaries Succeeded Removing Power Signing New Constitution Rebuilding Tehran This Day Baskerville’s Tomb City Tabriz Remains Pilgrimage Every Year Thousands Iranians Visit Grave Honour American Gave Life Rip-Roaring Tale Death Aslan Gives Us Powerful Parable Universal Ideals Democracy—And What Degree Americans Are Willing Support Those Foreign Land Woven Throughout Essential History Nation We Now Know Iran—Frequently Demonised Misunderstood West Indeed Represent “Road Taken” Story Like At Centre Whirlwind Which Must Ask Themselves: How Seriously Do Take Our Whose Freedom Support? Σελίδες: 384 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1222 Διαστάσεις: 14X14Cm