On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads 9781608194476, 1608194477

Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Mongolia; 1. Mongolian Dreaming; 2. The Last Nomad Nation; 3. Wolf To

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On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
 9781608194476, 1608194477

Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Mongolia
1. Mongolian Dreaming
2. The Last Nomad Nation
3. Wolf Totem
4. A Fine Line to the West
5. Kharkhiraa: The Roaring River Mountain
Kazakhstan
6. Stalinâ#x80
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s Shambala
7. Zud
8. Tokym Kagu Bastan
9. Balkhash
10. Wife Stealing and Other Legends of Tasaral
11. The Starving Steppe
12. The Place That God Forgot
13. Otamal
14. Ships of the Desert
15. The Oil Road
Russia
16. Lost Hordes in Europe
17. Cossack Borderlands
18. The Timashevsk Mafia
Crimea
19. Where Two Worlds Meet
20. The Return of the Crimean Tatars. Ukraine21. Crossroads
22. Taking the Reins
23. Among the Hutsuls
Hungary
24. The End of the World
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
List of Maps
Image Section
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Notes
A Note on the Author
By the Same Author
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