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Georgian trick riders in American wild west shows, 1890s-1920s
- Title
- Georgian trick riders in American wild west shows, 1890s-1920s / Irakli Makharadze.
- Author
- Maxaraże, Irakli.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015.
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- Description
- viii, 210 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204) and index.
- Contents
- Georgia: the Land of Wine and the Golden Fleece -- Guria: The Heart of Georgia -- From East to West -- Down in Albion: The Russians Are Coming! -- On Her Majesty's Service -- The Georgia Cossacks -- Master of the Rough Riders -- Alexis Gogokhia/Georgian -- Coming to America -- Promised Land -- All Born Princes: Daredevils -- Who's Guilty? -- Gurian Republic and the Outlaw-Pirals -- Life and Times of the Wild West -- The Death Race -- Prince Luka: Russia's Famous Player -- The Georgian Amazons -- This Is the End.
- Call Number
- MWF 15-3020
- ISBN
- 9780786497393 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786497394 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 9781476618807 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- 1476618801 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015006103
- OCLC
- 883647436
- Author
- Maxaraże, Irakli.
- Title
- Georgian trick riders in American wild west shows, 1890s-1920s / Irakli Makharadze.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MWF 15-3020