Full Moon Over Noah's Ark
| Full Moon Over Noah's Ark | |
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| File:Full Moon Over Noah's Ark, cover, final | |
| Author | Rick Antonson |
| Editor | Cory Allyn |
| Illustrator | Simon Carr |
| Publication Year | 2016 |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-1-51070-0565-4 |
| Publisher | Skyhorse Publishing |
| Publishing City | New York |
| Short Description | An Odyssey to Mount Ararat and Beyond |
| Format | Hardbound, Audio, eBook |
| No. of Pages | 382 |
| Language | English |
| Audio Book Length | 10 hours |
| Category | Travel & Tourism, Genocide, History, Biographies & Memoirs |
| www.rickantonson.com | |
An absorbing
adventure to Mount
Ararat, exploring the
region’s history and
mysteries
Mount Ararat is the most fabled mountain
in the world. For millennia this massif in
eastern Turkey has been rumored to be the
resting place of Noah’s Ark following the
Great Flood. But it also plays a significant
role in the long-standing conflict between
Turkey and Armenia.
Author Rick Antonson joined a five-member
expedition to the mountain’s nearly
17,000-foot summit, trekking alongside
a contingent of Armenians, for whom
Mount Ararat is the stolen symbol of their
country. Antonson mixes vivid historical
anecdote with unexpected travel vignettes,
whether tracing earlier mountaineering attempts
on the peak, recounting the genocide
of Armenians and its unresolved debate,
or depicting the Kurds’ nationalist
ambitions for their own borders, which
some say should include Mount Ararat.
What unfolds in Full Moon over Noah’s Ark
is one man’s odyssey, a tale told through
many stories. Starting with the flooding
of the Black Sea in 5600 BCE, through to
the Epic of Gilgamesh and the contrasting
narratives of the Great Flood known to followers
of the Judaic, Christian, and Islamic
religions, Full Moon over Noah’s Ark takes
readers along with Antonson through the
shadows and broad landscapes of Turkey,
Iraq, Iran, and Armenia, shedding light
on a troubled but fascinating area of the world.