 | - Book Title: In The Kirghiz Steppes
- Author: J W Wardell
- ISBN: mw000111
- Publisher: Galley Press
- Year Published: 196
- Our Price: £20.79 GBP ($40.54 USD)
- Description: In The Kirghiz Steppes by J W Wardell. The Galley press, London: 1961 first edition hardback in dust jacket; 190 pages including index: 47 photographic illustrations and 4 maps. Synopsis: For five years from 1914 the author worked in the steppes of Southern Siberia, now called Kazakhstan, mining copper for the Tsarist Government and later for Admiral Koltchak. He describes an oriental “wild west “ a British mining community 550mi. from a railway station in a region unknown even to most Russians then, or now. In times of revolution and counter-revolution the mine continued in production and during the war of the intervention it functioned for the benefit of the white armies. The author reveals intriguing things; including a firsthand account of the Kazakh tribesman who are descendants of the fierce hordes of Genghis Khan- perhaps most valuable of all, the book surveys the life and ideas of the provincial Russian in many ways so different from the Muscovites met by tourists of the time. In contrast to many countries where most of the people lived in a few large cities, the rural provincials formed the background of Russia. The author wrote” I do not think that many Englishmen have visited Kazakhstan since I left it and as the conditions of life depicted will never return I feel they should be recorded .”
Condition; ex-library book with stamps and stickers: dust cover and end-papers used : overall clean and good
- Condition: Used- Good
- Dustcover: Yes
- Binding: Hardback
- Type: Used Books
|
Mary Ward Books is an independent online bookstore specialising
in second hand, out of print books and used books such as In The Kirghiz Steppes by J W Wardell. We offer a book search facility and
secure payments via PayPal and Nochex. We aim to be of service, please click here to read our testimonials from past customers - and please feel free to leave your own feedback! Mary Ward Books is based in East Anglia, United Kingdom. We were established in 1997 and have been selling books online since 2002. We ship worldwide, please click here to see our shipping charges for In The Kirghiz Steppes by J W Wardell. |
|
We have many other books in our Anthropology & Sociology section for sale of which below is a selection - Please feel free to browse them or press the 'continue shopping' button below to see the entire Anthropology & Sociology category.
If you can't find the book you're looking for - there is still a good chance we have it in our off-line collection. Please fill in our off-line book request form here and we'll search our collection for you.
|
|
