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Hunting with Eagles: In the Realm of the Mongolian Kazakhs
Palani Mohan
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Description for Hunting with Eagles: In the Realm of the Mongolian Kazakhs
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPM; AJB; AJC; WNCB; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 260 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1216.
Kazakh nomads have been grazing their livestock near the Altai Mountains in western Mongolia for many hundreds of years. Here, in this desolate landscape, where temperatures plummet to minus 40 degrees Celsius in winter, live the last of the men who use eagles to hunt on horseback. Rugged, formidable, proud, the golden eagles share the same qualities as the men with whom they ride. Only the toughest survive here. Fascinated by the special bond that develops between hunter and eagle, award-winning photographer Palani Mohan has spent the last few years documenting the burkitshi, as the hunters are known in Kazakh. ... Read more
Kazakh nomads have been grazing their livestock near the Altai Mountains in western Mongolia for many hundreds of years. Here, in this desolate landscape, where temperatures plummet to minus 40 degrees Celsius in winter, live the last of the men who use eagles to hunt on horseback. Rugged, formidable, proud, the golden eagles share the same qualities as the men with whom they ride. Only the toughest survive here. Fascinated by the special bond that develops between hunter and eagle, award-winning photographer Palani Mohan has spent the last few years documenting the burkitshi, as the hunters are known in Kazakh. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Merrell Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
127
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781858946436
SKU
V9781858946436
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