title: To Save an Empire: A Novel of Ottoman History
author: Allan R. Gall
description: <br />Allan R. Gall lived in Turkey for eight years as a Peace Corps English teacher, as a grants administrator for the Ford Foundation, and as a Fulbright-Hays research fellow. Allans Ph.D. dissertation for the University of Michigan analyzed the writings of Turkeys most prolific and widely read author, Aziz Nesin. To Save an Empire grew out of his experience in Turkey, where Turks still referenced the Crusades as defining the attitude and politics of Western Christian countries toward Muslim ones.<br /> <br />Allan authored Of Mouse and Magic (Two Harbors Press, 2011), a novel for young readers. This book is not only great for children but for parents and grandparents also. Recommended for your childs home library, misslynnsbooks-n-more.blogspot.com. Listed among the 2011 Top Books Designed for Our Youth on thebestbookclub.com.<br /> <br />Allan had his first eight years of education in a one-room schoolhouse in rural South Dakota. He learned to write from an inspired high school English teacher and was awed by Shakespeare at Yankton College, where he won the poetry prize in a John Berryman seminar. He taught high school English and lived in The Yemen Arab Republic for three years as the Peace Corps Country Director. He dabbles in carpentry and yard work, plays tennis, and spends time with his youngest grandson. He enjoys Doc Martin, the theatre, an occasional movie, Turkish food, and performances by the National Symphony Orchestra.<br />
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  A History of the Ottoman Empire
  
  Covering the full history of the Ottoman Empire, from its genesis in post-
  Mongol Eurasia to its dissolution after the Great War in Europe, this book
  takes a holistic approach, considering the Ottoman worldview – what it was,
  how it came together, and how it fell apart. Douglas A. Howard stresses the
  crucial role of the Ottoman sultans and their extended household; discusses
  the evolution of the empire’s fiscal model; and analyzes favorite works of
  Ottoman literature; emphasizing spirituality, the awareness of space and time,
  and emotions, migration, violence, disease, and disaster. Following how people
  spent their time, their attitudes towards authority, how they made their
  money, and their sense of humor and sense of beauty, this illustrated textbook
  is an essential resource for graduate, and advanced undergraduate, courses on
  the history of the Ottoman Empire, the Middle East, Islamic history, and the
  history of early modern Europe.