Shadow on the mountain : a Yazidi memoir of terror, resistance, and hope / Shaker Jeffrey and Katharine Holstein.
Recounts the story of Shaker Jeffrey, a young Yazidi interpreter for the US military in Iraq, and what happened after ISIS sentenced the Yazidi people to extermination. The Yazidis fled to Mount Shingal, where they had no food and no water. Shaker went behind enemy lines, relaying their precise locations to CENTCOM in Washington and even infiltrating their ranks to rescue the taken; but he would come to risk everything in the search for his beloved. Soon, he established a cross-border, underground rescue network that would save the lives of thousands of civilians, all while feeding intelligence to the US military--and landing him at the top of ISIS's execution list.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780306922831
- ISBN: 0306922835
- Physical Description: viii, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Da Capo Press, 2020.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Prologue: The invasion -- The spring Baghdad fell -- After the torchlight -- The cruelest month -- Sergeant White -- Mosul -- A farewell to angels -- Riding the surge -- The fortress -- General Petraeus -- Left behind -- Dil-Mir -- The Islamic state comes home -- Blind mice -- The invasion -- Shadow on the mountain - Taken -- The situation rock -- Exodus -- The smuggler's route -- Nadia and the warehouse of souls -- Infiltrating ISIS -- The slave market -- Saved by mosquitos -- Hunted -- Through the perilous fight -- All the faithful -- Epilogue: Überleben.
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- Subject:
- Jeffrey, Shaker.
Yezidis > Biography.
Yezidis > Crimes against > Iraq.
IS (Organization) - Genre:
- Autobiographies.
Available copies
- 8 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | BIO JEF (Text) | 37810435762348 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Lexington Public Library | B Jeffrey (Text) | 25908008106200 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | 956.7044309 JEF (Text) | 0020512537950 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Robeson County Public Library | B JEFFREY (Text) | 34510000633840 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| South Buncombe/Skyland Library | 956.7044309 JEF (Text) | 0020512537943 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Statesville Main Library | B JEFFREY JEF (Text) | 33114018277145 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Swannanoa Library | 956.7044309 JEF (Text) | 0020512565340 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| West Asheville Library | 956.7044309 JEF (Text) | 0020512537935 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
