Tipi A Modern How-To Guide

Cortez, Javier

ISBN 10: 0970018916 / ISBN 13: 9780970018915

Published by Dos Puertas Publishing, Austin, TX, 2003

About this Item

92 pp., illus Like new dww.

Seller Inventory # 13-7220

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tipi A Modern How-To Guide
• Publisher: Dos Puertas Publishing, Austin, TX
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0970018916
• ISBN 13: 9780970018915
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: R.W. Clarkson (cover Illustration); Randy Garst (photography)
• Edition: First printing.
• Condition: VG
• Seller catalogs:
  • cbbs

About this title

Synopsis

For centuries, the tipi was the chosen home of many American Indian tribes. Times have changed, but the tipi is still with us. People around the world are discovering the charms of this beautiful, portable shelter. This practical guide tells:

- where to get a tipi
- how to haul it
- how to set it up
- how to furnish it
- how to keep it warm in winter, cool in summer, and dry in a stormy spring

About the Author

Dyanne Fry Cortez is the author of Hot Jams & Cold Showers: Scenes from the Kerrville Folk Festival (Dos Puertas Publishing, 2000). Her work has appeared in Texas Parks & Wildlife, Hill Country View, The Austin Chronicle, The Good Life, and Enchanted Rock. She was one of fifty-five authors featured in Cupid's Wild Arrows, an international anthology on cross-cultural romance.

Javier Cortez has been a buckskinner, tipi camper, and creator of wearable art since the early 1970s. His bead and leather crafts have been seen in films, music videos, and album covers. He frequently takes part in storytelling and interpretive exhibits at festivals and heritage fairs.

Mr. and Ms. Cortez married in 1988. They currently reside in Austin, Texas, and go camping with their tipi every chance they get.