The true story of Khachadoor, a boy caught in the Armenian Genocide who is kidnapped by a Kurd and years later escapes slavery to emigrate to America. Detailed are his birthplace of Ichmeh in Turkish Armenia and Armenian immigrant life in Watertown, Mass., including his employment at the first Star Market store in Watertown Square and his own store, Huron Spa in Cambridge. His acquaintance with artist Arshile Gorky and Yenovk Der Hagopian, singer of Armenian troubadour songs, is recorded. Added for a second edition, Part II includes English translations of his poems and stories presented for their authenticity of fact and emotion. They were translated by Hagop Sarkissian with Helene Pilibosian, who also wrote Notes on Part II, analyzing the reasons for writing about genocide.