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Christopher Oscanyan (28 April 1818 in Constantinople, Turkey - 1 August 1895 in Brooklyn, New York) was an American-Armenian writer. Oscanyan arrived in New York City in 1835 and was at once matriculated at the University of the City of New York. Failing health compelled him to leave college in his junior year, and he joined the staff of civil engineers engaged in the construction of the Charleston and Cincinnati Railroad.In New York, Oscanyan wrote and published The Sultan and His People (New York, 1857), 16,000 copies of which were sold in four months.
The leisure, abundance, and contentment that many imagined were typical of Eastern life were the same characteristics used to define "the American dream.""--BOOK JACKET.
Vol. 25 is the report of the commissioner of education for 1880; v. 29, report for 1877.