Everybody thinks they know what sheep are like: they're stupid,noisy,cowardly ('lambs to the slaughter'),and they're'sheepwrecking'the environment.
Or maybe not. Contrary to popular prejudice,sheep are among the smartest animals in the farmyard,fiercely loyal,forming long and lasting friendships.
Sheep,farmed properly,are boons to biodiversity. They also happen to taste good and their fleeces warm us through the winter - indeed,John Lewis-Stempel's family supplied the wool for Queen Elizabeth's'hose'.Observing the traditional shepherd's calendar,The Sheep's Tale is a loving biography of ewes,lambs,and rams through the seasons. Lewis-Stempel tends to his flock with deep-rooted wisdom,ethical consideration,affection,and humour.
This book is a tribute to all the sheep he has reared and sheared - from gregarious Action Ram to sweet Maid Marion. In his inimitable style,he shares the tales that only a shepherd can tell.
Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdISBN: 9781804991145Number of pages: 192Weight: 136 gDimensions: 198 x 127 x 12 mm
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'I found this book not only pleasingly escapist but also nostalgic... the writing is vivid,lyrical and seductive... There's a romance to shepherding that is entirely absent from pig and poultry farming.'- The Times
'The Sheep's Tale is an important book on several levels... Read a few sentences out loud,wherever you are; everyone should know more about sheep.'- Rosamund Young,author of The Secret Life of Cows
John Lewis-Stempel
Widely recognised as one of Britain's finest natural history writers,John Lewis-Stempel is a farmer,journalist and writer whose works include The Wild Life,Meadowland,Where Poppies Grow,The Running Hare and The Secret Life of the Owl. He is a two-time winner of the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for Nature Writing.
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