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An American Martyr in Persia

An American Martyr in Persia

Reza Aslan
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One of NPR's Books We Love in 2022.
In this erudite and piercing biography, best-selling author Reza Aslan proves that one person's actions can have revolutionary consequences that reverberate the world over.

Little known in America but venerated as a martyr in Iran, Howard Baskerville was a twenty-two-year-old Christian missionary from South Dakota who traveled to Persia (modern-day Iran) in 1907 for a two-year stint teaching English and preaching the gospel. He arrived in the midst of a democratic revolution—the first of its kind in the Middle East—led by a group of brilliant young firebrands committed to transforming their country into a fully self-determining, constitutional monarchy, one with free elections and an independent parliament.

The Persian students Baskerville educated in English in turn educated him about their struggle for democracy, ultimately inspiring him to leave his teaching post and join them in their...

出版商:
W. W. Norton & Company
語言:
english
ISBN:
B43C2C89-FFF0-4825-B232-F469E57AB5E2
文件:
MOBI , 13.02 MB
IPFS:
CID , CID Blake2b
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