Author: Nicole Conway
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781492993780
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Jaevid Broadfeather has grown up as a wartime refugee, hiding from the world because of his mixed racial heritage. He feels his future is hopeless, until a chance encounter with a wild dragon lands him in Blybrig Academy—a place usually forbidden to anyone but the rich and royal. But Jaevid's case is special; no dragon has voluntarily chosen a rider in decades, so the proud riders of Blybrig must begrudgingly let him join their brotherhood despite his bloodline. Lieutenant Sile Derrick, a sternly tempered man with a mysterious past, becomes his instructor and immediately takes a peculiar interest in Jaevid's future. While struggling through the rigorous physical demands of training, things begin to go awry. Jaevid witnesses the king's private guards kidnapping Sile in the dead of night. When none of the elder riders are willing to help him, Jaevid begins a dangerous adventure to save his instructor.
Fledgling
Author: Nicole Conway
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781492993780
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Jaevid Broadfeather has grown up as a wartime refugee, hiding from the world because of his mixed racial heritage. He feels his future is hopeless, until a chance encounter with a wild dragon lands him in Blybrig Academy—a place usually forbidden to anyone but the rich and royal. But Jaevid's case is special; no dragon has voluntarily chosen a rider in decades, so the proud riders of Blybrig must begrudgingly let him join their brotherhood despite his bloodline. Lieutenant Sile Derrick, a sternly tempered man with a mysterious past, becomes his instructor and immediately takes a peculiar interest in Jaevid's future. While struggling through the rigorous physical demands of training, things begin to go awry. Jaevid witnesses the king's private guards kidnapping Sile in the dead of night. When none of the elder riders are willing to help him, Jaevid begins a dangerous adventure to save his instructor.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781492993780
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Jaevid Broadfeather has grown up as a wartime refugee, hiding from the world because of his mixed racial heritage. He feels his future is hopeless, until a chance encounter with a wild dragon lands him in Blybrig Academy—a place usually forbidden to anyone but the rich and royal. But Jaevid's case is special; no dragon has voluntarily chosen a rider in decades, so the proud riders of Blybrig must begrudgingly let him join their brotherhood despite his bloodline. Lieutenant Sile Derrick, a sternly tempered man with a mysterious past, becomes his instructor and immediately takes a peculiar interest in Jaevid's future. While struggling through the rigorous physical demands of training, things begin to go awry. Jaevid witnesses the king's private guards kidnapping Sile in the dead of night. When none of the elder riders are willing to help him, Jaevid begins a dangerous adventure to save his instructor.
Cossacks, Indians and Buffalo Bill
Author: Richard Alexis Georgian
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983308805
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Follow the adventures, romances, and tragedies of Georgian men and women who were seduced by the promise and opportunity of making a living in America. Their thrilling feats of horsemanship captured the imagination of the American cowboys to become the gold standard of trick riding through today. Join us as we pull back the canvas and peek behind the scenes into the lives of those who felt both honored and cursed. Author Richard Georgian chronicles the the lives of these brave performers, including his grandfather, from 1892 to the Russian Revolution in 1917.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983308805
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Follow the adventures, romances, and tragedies of Georgian men and women who were seduced by the promise and opportunity of making a living in America. Their thrilling feats of horsemanship captured the imagination of the American cowboys to become the gold standard of trick riding through today. Join us as we pull back the canvas and peek behind the scenes into the lives of those who felt both honored and cursed. Author Richard Georgian chronicles the the lives of these brave performers, including his grandfather, from 1892 to the Russian Revolution in 1917.
Georgian Trick Riders in American Wild West Shows, 1890s-1920s
Author: Irakli Makharadze
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476618801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
In 1893, Georgian horsemen from the Caucasus immigrated to the United States where for more than 30 years they performed in circuses and Wild West shows under the billing of "Russian Cossacks." The connection between Buffalo Bill Cody and the Georgian trick riders represents one of the earliest relationships between Georgia and the United States. Western historian Dee Brown wrote, "Trick riding came to rodeo by way of a troupe of Cossack daredevils imported by the 101 Ranch. Intrigued by the Cossacks' stunts on their galloping horses, western cowboys soon introduced variations to American rodeo." This is the story of the men who came in search of financial support for their families in Georgia and, without knowing it, influenced an essential fixture of American culture.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476618801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
In 1893, Georgian horsemen from the Caucasus immigrated to the United States where for more than 30 years they performed in circuses and Wild West shows under the billing of "Russian Cossacks." The connection between Buffalo Bill Cody and the Georgian trick riders represents one of the earliest relationships between Georgia and the United States. Western historian Dee Brown wrote, "Trick riding came to rodeo by way of a troupe of Cossack daredevils imported by the 101 Ranch. Intrigued by the Cossacks' stunts on their galloping horses, western cowboys soon introduced variations to American rodeo." This is the story of the men who came in search of financial support for their families in Georgia and, without knowing it, influenced an essential fixture of American culture.
Major Jones' Chronicles of Pineville: Embracing Sketches of Georgia Scenes, Incidents, and Characters
Author: Joseph Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The North Georgia Gazette
Author: Sir Edward Sabine
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Georgia Diary: A Chronicle of War and Political Chaos in the Post-Soviet Caucasus
Author: Thomas Goltz
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317469879
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
First Published in 2015. The author of the acclaimed Azerbaijan Diary and Chechnya Diary now recounts his experiences in the strife-ridden Republic of Georgia. Soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Georgia fell prey to a series of power struggles, rampant crime and corruption, secessionist wars, and the spillover of the war in neighboring Chechenya. Journalist Goltz traces these developments with the same kind of vivid, personal narrative that made his previous books so compelling. This fast-paced, first-person account is filled with fascinating details about the ongoing struggles of this little-known region of the former Soviet Union. Featuring memorable portraits of individuals in high places and low, it traces the story from 1992 through the Rose Revolution, the resignation of Eduard Shevardnadze, and the new presidency of U.S.-educated Mikhail Saakashvili.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317469879
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
First Published in 2015. The author of the acclaimed Azerbaijan Diary and Chechnya Diary now recounts his experiences in the strife-ridden Republic of Georgia. Soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Georgia fell prey to a series of power struggles, rampant crime and corruption, secessionist wars, and the spillover of the war in neighboring Chechenya. Journalist Goltz traces these developments with the same kind of vivid, personal narrative that made his previous books so compelling. This fast-paced, first-person account is filled with fascinating details about the ongoing struggles of this little-known region of the former Soviet Union. Featuring memorable portraits of individuals in high places and low, it traces the story from 1992 through the Rose Revolution, the resignation of Eduard Shevardnadze, and the new presidency of U.S.-educated Mikhail Saakashvili.
The Nightrider Chronicles
Author: Jack Peebles
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780970764706
Category : Brigands and robbers
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780970764706
Category : Brigands and robbers
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Major Jones' Scenes in Georgia
Author: Joseph Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The North Georgia gazette, and winter chronicle [ed. by sir E. Sabine.].
Author: sir Edward Sabine
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The North Georgia Gazette, and Winter Chronicle
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description