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Author:

Cope, Tim, 1978-

Title:

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

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

viii, 509 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Horsemanship--Eurasia.
Eurasia--Description and travel.
Voyages and travels.
Cope, Tim,--1978---Travel--Eurasia.

Notes:

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

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. Crossroad ; Taking the reins ; Among the Hutsuls -- Hungary. The end of the world.

ISBN:

1608190722 (alk. paper)
9781608190720 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2013017599

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

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