Previously she was a staff writer at Salon, Newsday, and SmartMoney. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, ELLE, the Los Angeles Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, and elsewhere. Based on a decade of research, the book was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and awarded best biography from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Their shared story is a testament to family, to home, and to the power of the human spirit to transcend the barriers of religion, ethnicity, and even time itself.ĭawn Anahid MacKeen is the author of "The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey," which is about her grandfather’s survival of genocide, and her quest to tell his story. In "The Hundred-Year Walk," MacKeen alternates between Stepan’s courageous account, drawn from his long-lost journals, and her own story as she attempts to retrace his steps, setting out alone to Turkey and Syria, shadowing her resourceful, resilient grandfather across a landscape still rife with tension.ĭawn uses his journals to guide her to the places he was imperiled and imprisoned and the desert he crossed with only half a bottle of water. Growing up, Dawn MacKeen heard from her mother how her grandfather Stepan miraculously escaped from the Turks during the Armenian genocide of 1915, when more than one million people-half the Armenian population-were killed. Inspired to retrace his steps, she sets out alone to Turkey and Syria, shadowing her resourceful, resilient grandfather across a landscape still rife with tension.* Use this link to join our virtual program: Dawn MacKeen is a former senior writer for Salon, and the author of before killing squads slaughter his caravan during a forced desert march, Stepan manages to escape, making a perilous six-day trek to the Euphrates River. The Hundred-Year Walk alternates between Stepan's saga and another journey that takes place a century later, after his family discovers his long-lost journals. A Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize A New York Post Must-Read 'Part family heirloom, part history lesson, The Hundred-Year Walk is an emotionally poignant work, powerfully imagined and expertly crafted.'-Aline Ohanesian, author of Orhans Inheritance 'This book reminds us that the way we treat strangers can ripple out in ways we will never know. Gradually realizing the unthinkable-that they are all being driven to their deaths-he fights, through starvation and thirst, not to lose hope. He is separated from his family as they are swept up in the government's mass deportation of Armenians into internment camps. In the heart of the Ottoman Empire as World War I rages, Stepan Miskjian's world becomes undone.
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