Title: The Yurt People

Authors: David, Kelly and Annie Raitt

Potential Support: Bill Coperthwaite (The Yurt Foundation)

Allen Baire (Pacific Yurts)

Mike Shepperd (Gaulburn Yurtworks)

Roberto Garcia (Yurt Dweller, craftsman)

Researchers: Shirley Frericks, the O'Hara Foundation and Lois Hogle

Photography: David and Kelly Raitt, Chris Kardas and others

Description: A comprehensive historical and pictorial textbook about Yurt living in a hard cover, coffee table form

Publisher: Yet to be determined

Investors: Yet to be determined

Proposed price: $ 45.00 wholesale

Length: 255 pages

Size: 11" tall by 15" wide

Introduction by Bill Coperthwaite

Chapter 1. Yurt History from Gengus Kahn to the 1950's

Chapter 2. Modern day yurt building from the 1960's to present

Chapter 3. The Yurt People pictorial

Chapter 4. Yurt Design concepts, engineering and education

Chapter 5. The Yurt People directory

Chapter 6. Yurt Sources and credits

The initial work and layout have been completed. I am soliciting investors at this time to complete this effort. They will share in the proceeds from the book once we are in second printing with a major publisher. The initial budget is an estimate and is to include the following:

Research trip to Mongolia, Turkey, and Kurdistan 4 to 6 people (3 weeks)	$ 22,000
Photography (U.S.A. & Australia), processing, editing, layout	$15,000
Writing contract and expenses	$10,000
Editing and final layout	$5,000
Binding and first run of 500	$15,000
Marketing and publisher shop People book Corporation	$5,000
Estimated cost	$75,000