Fred Burnaby

A Ride to Khiva

An Adventure in Central Asia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An immediate bestseller when first published in 1877, Burnaby s delight in a life of risk and adventure still burns through the pages, as does his spontaneous affection for the Cossack troopers and Tartar, Khirgiz and Turkoman tribesmen that he encounters on his way.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Eland Publishing Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 141mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781780601120
• ISBN-10: 1780601123
• Artikelnr.: 47522763

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. Information about Khiva
2. Waist-belt for gold
3. The Volga frozen
4. Railway officials
5. Twenty degrees below zero
6. A hole in the ice
7. Pins-and-needles
8. The guardian of the forests
9. Delayed by a snowstorm
10. Sleigh sickness
11. The Ural Cossacks
12. A supply of provisions
13. A sheepskin suit
14. A start with the courier
15. Nomad tribes
16. Kashgar
17. Break-down of the sleigh
18. An English engineer officer at Kasala
19. Ablutions under difficulties
20. A priest
21. Water route from Kasala to Petro-Alexandrovsk
22. Camels
23. A lazy guide
24. The guide's retaliation
25. Disobedience of orders
26. The Turkoman on his donkey
27. Villages fortified
28. The guide's kibitka
29. The Oozek
30. Oogentch
31. The messenger
32. Breakfast in Khiva
33. The present Khan
34. Departure from Khiva
35. The meet
36. The Tarantass
37. The district governor
38. An inquisitive inspector
Appendices.