Caravan to America
Subtitle: living arts of the Silk Road
By: John S. Major and Betty J. Belanus
Contributors: Belanus, Betty J.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Cricket Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780812626667; 9780812626773
Subjects: Folk artists; Handicraft; Folk art; Artisans; Ethnic art; Expatriate artists; Artists; American Arts; Juvenile literature
Description: Profiles eight artists and artisans now living in America who are originally from the "Silk Road," an ancient network of caravan trails through which trade goods, ideas, and arts pass between Asia and the Mediterranean.
Notes: "A Marcato book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Qi Shu Fang: Peking opera performer; title: Doug Kim: Korean American martial artist; title: Yeshi Dorjee: Tibetan artist-monk; title: Abdul Khaliq Muradi: Turkmen rug restorer; title: Tamara Katayev: Bukharan singer; title: Najmieh Batmanglij: Iranian American cook; title: La Verne J. Magarian: Armenian American calligrapher and paper artist; title: Peter Kyvelos, Greek American oud maker.