Dancer of Shamaka 

By Armen Ohanian. Published by E. P. Dutton and Company, 1923,First Edition with 284 pages. Original Hardcover binding has wear some light wear, else tight and in good condition. Contents are tight and in very good condition. 

Armen Ohanian was born in 1887, Originally named Sophia Pirboudaghian . She grew up in modern-day Azerbaijan in a wealthy Armenian family, where she received a vast academic and artistic education. Despite her privileged upbringing, she underwent an incredible amount of tragedy at a young age. She survived a devastating earthquake in her early years, which forced her family to relocate. She later witnessed brutal anti-Armenian pogroms in Baku, which tragically claimed the life of her father. After a brief marriage, Ohanian lived, worked, and studied in Russia, Turkey, and Iran, learning the art of Armenian and Iranian dances.

Contents include Part I Armenia, Shamahka, and Baku. Part II Persia Resht Teheran . Part III Towards Jerusalem, Across the Caucasus, Constantinople and Greece, and Egypt. A very good copy of a scarce Armenian Autobiography.