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On the trail of Genghis Khan : an epic journey through the land of the nomads / Tim Cope.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [London] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: viii, 509 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781408831304
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 950.21 23
LOC classification:
  • G490 .C57 2013
Contents:
Mongolia. Mongolian dreaming ; The last nomad nation ; Wolf totem ; A fine line to the West ; Kharkhiraa : the roaring river mountain -- Kazakhstan. Stalin's Shambala ; Zud ; Tokym Kagu Bastan ; Balkhash ; Wife stealing and other legends of Tasaral ; The starving steppe ; The place that God forgot ; Otamal ; Ships of the desert ; The oil road -- Russia. Lost hoards in Europe ; Cossack borderlands ; The Timashevsk Mafia -- Crimea. Where two worlds meet ; The return of the Crimean Tatars -- Ukraine. Crossroads ; Taking the reins ; Among the Hutsuls -- Hungary. The end of the world.
Summary: For young Australian adventurer Tim Cope, this was the journey of a lifetime - travelling 10,000kms alone on horseback across the Eurasian steppe through Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Hungary. From the former Mongol capital Karakorum to the Danube, Tim retraced the path of the first nomads and followed the route taken by legendary Genghis Khan as he forged his great empire.
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Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage Non Fiction 950.21 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00785069

Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-495) and index.

Mongolia. Mongolian dreaming ; The last nomad nation ; Wolf totem ; A fine line to the West ; Kharkhiraa : the roaring river mountain -- Kazakhstan. Stalin's Shambala ; Zud ; Tokym Kagu Bastan ; Balkhash ; Wife stealing and other legends of Tasaral ; The starving steppe ; The place that God forgot ; Otamal ; Ships of the desert ; The oil road -- Russia. Lost hoards in Europe ; Cossack borderlands ; The Timashevsk Mafia -- Crimea. Where two worlds meet ; The return of the Crimean Tatars -- Ukraine. Crossroads ; Taking the reins ; Among the Hutsuls -- Hungary. The end of the world.

For young Australian adventurer Tim Cope, this was the journey of a lifetime - travelling 10,000kms alone on horseback across the Eurasian steppe through Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Hungary. From the former Mongol capital Karakorum to the Danube, Tim retraced the path of the first nomads and followed the route taken by legendary Genghis Khan as he forged his great empire.

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