May 18, 2012

Collection Name: Drachen Foundation Collection

Collection Number: 2197

Post Type: Book

This item was entered by Matthew Sutton. They assume full responsibility for all content.

Artist or Author: Jane Yolen

Creation Year: 1968

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Language: English Description: "Kite flying is not really a laughable occupation, though kite fliers have been ridiculed, railed at, ruled against- indeed, even persecuted- throughout their two-thousand-year history. Most people distrust the loner, the man who will not run with the pack. And the kite flier is both of these: mystic and solitary."

This book is chock full of the history of kites, with pictures and explanations of different countries traditions.

143 pages

Geographic: Australia, India, Japan, New Zealand, Peoples Republic of China, United Kingdom, United States

Materials: Bamboo, Dowel, Paper

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