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Mitch Kehetian's Giants of the Earth is a memoir about the search for his father's sister and heritage in historical Turkish-held Armenia. The veteran journalist also shares snapshots on Armenia's history, from its very existence 2,000 years ago to the devastation it suffered during the genocide of 1915-23. The author's dramatic memoir comes to life in Moscow when an Armenian woman from his father?s village in Turkish-held Armenia tells him that her brothers saw “Parancim” in 1947 before they repatriated to then Soviet Armenia. With the help of Congressman Lucien Nedzi and Secretary of State William Rogers, Kehetian was able to fulfill his mission to the barren, depopulated homeland of his ancestors in Turkish-held Armenia?a mission which ended with a prayer at his aunt?s mountaintop gravesite overlooking the Euphrates River.