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Ruth Parmelee,
Pioneer in the Euphrates Valley

Ruth Parmelee, Pioneer in the Euphrates Valley, (Princeton and London: Gomidas Institute) 2002, x + 70 pp., illustrations, ISBN 0-903656-24-9, paper, UK£7.00. / US$10.00

Ruth Parmelee was an American medical missionary in Turkish Armenia during WWI. This booklet is her recollection of that period, especially the genocide of Armenians and various efforts by foreigners to save victims. It is a modest commentary which complements her earlier accounts from WWI. Her testimony joins other eye-witnesses reports on the Armenian Genocide in the Harpoot (Kharpert) region, such as those of Henry Riggs, Mary Riggs, Ernest Riggs, Tacy Atkinson, Maria Jacobsen, Isabelle Harley and Leslie Davis.