Mid-summer is here, and we have spent the past seven months working hard to spread the word about Pilgrims on the Silk Road. We have lots of great news to share with you about the book and its companion documentary “Through the Desert Goes…
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“Through the Desert Goes Our Journey” Wins an Emmy
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July 20, 2010 NORTH NEWTON – The contribution of Bethel College musicians to a documentary on the Russian Mennonite “Great Trek” to Central Asia in the late 19th century has resulted in a regional Emmy® award. “Through the desert goes…
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Book review published in Mennonite Weekly Review
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Reappraisal of Asia sojourn By Melanie Zuercher On my desk is Pilgrims on the Silk Road: A Christian-Muslim Encounter in Khiva by Walter R. Ratliff, published by Wipf and Stock, 2010, 293 pages, $34. I had little exposure to Mennonite…
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Libraries picking up Pilgrims book
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A quick look at WorldCat shows that orders from libraries are starting to roll in for Pilgrims on the Silk Road. Here are a few listing the book in their catalogues: Princeton Theological Seminary University of Missouri-Columbia Eastern Mennonite University…
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First Book Newsletter
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Here’s a recent promotional letter. Thanks everyone for the great response! ————————————- Greetings, I want to let you know about my new book from Wipf and Stock Publishers called Pilgrims on the Silk Road: A Muslim-Christian Encounter in Khiva. Pilgrims…
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Latest Endorsement
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http://www.pilgrimsonthesilkroad.com/ This endorsement really captures an important focus of the book: “Pilgrims on the Silk Road is a captivating story. The book has planted the Mennonite presence deeply in the encounter with a multi-sided Islamic culture. I cannot think of…
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Book images and illustrations
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http://www.pilgrimsonthesilkroad.com/ Click here to order a copy of Pilgrims on the Silk Road (The Great Highway of Central Asia – London Illustrated Daily, 1885) Among the features of Pilgrims on the Silk Road I am proud of are the woodcuts, photos…
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Book Ready for Early Orders!
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http://www.pilgrimsonthesilkroad.com/ Click Here for the Earlybird Discount! The book is now available – just in time for Christmas! The official release date is in January. However, the publisher has kindly released the book for sale now during the holiday season.…
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Book Cover Released!
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http://www.pilgrimsonthesilkroad.com/ Good news coming soon on the pre-Christmas, pre-official-release availability of the book…
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The first book endorsements are in!
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www.PilgrimsOnTheSilkRoad.com In Pilgrims on the Silk Road, Ratliff has brought to light a fascinating but little known chapter in the history of European involvement in Central Asia, along the silk road. His portrait of the Mennonite mission to Khiva makes…
