DAYS OF TRAGEDY IN ARMENIA: Personal Experiences in Harpoot, 1915-1917

by Henry H. Riggs

Rev. Henry Riggs, an American missionary born in the Ottoman Empire give a firsthand account of events in Harpoot (Kharpert) during the fateful days of World War I. Writing immediately after the events, Riggs relates the story of the destruction of his Armenian friends and neighbors within the context of the Ottoman war effort on the Caucasian front. 

Gomidas Institute (1997)