A New Ride to Khiva (Classic Reprint)
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Partner: | buecher.de |
Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Jefferson, Robert L.) |
Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from A New Ride to Khiva The real reason why I rode a bicycle to Khiva was because so many people said it was impossible. That there was a certain amount of fascination in the idea I admit, for I have always been a keen admirer of the stalwart guardsman whose horseback ride across the desert of Kizilkum will be remembered long after his brave exploits in Egypt have been forgotten. My object was to emulate Captain Burnaby´s ride to Khiva, but as a sportsman only. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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