1. Old ways: The traditional yurt -- Traditional bones -- Traditional skin. -- 2. Bones: Bones I: Roots -- Tall, skinny plants -- Cutting poles -- The latticework wall -- The door frame -- The smokehole ring -- Bones II: Preparing the poles II -- Khana: Latticework wall II -- Tono: Smokehole ring II -- Uni:rafters II -- Nars: door frame II. -- Skin: Wall skin -- Roof skin -- The smokehole cover -- Ropes -- Waterproofing -- The painted yurt. -- Putting it all together: The yurt kit -- Preparing the site -- Connecting the bones -- Stretching the skin -- Some winter notes -- Moving the yurt. -- Luxury extras: A magic night in the yurt -- The stove -- TIps on staying warm -- The liner -- The refrigerator -- The loft -- The floor -- The solar window -- Rip-offs -- Tipi vs. ger -- The sweatlodge. -- New ways: Yurt madness -- Other nomad homes -- The way of the nomad today -- What next? -- Appendices: Other sizes -- Yurt scrapbook -- The Gers of Mongolia -- The drawings of Donn P. Crane.