The Shepherd's Life: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (535 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00OO3ZTUU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 490 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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"a stunning book. I couldn't put it down (and not only because I raise sheep myself." according to Diana H. Maine. THE SHEPHERD’S LIFE: MODERN DISPATCHES FROM AN ANCIENT LANDSCAPE by James Rebanks is a stunning book. I couldn’t put it down (and not only because I raise sheep myself). What I do - on a tiny hobby farm in Maine, USA - is not even remotely comparable to Mr. Rebanks’ occupation and lifestyle. (We both love sheep though!)While reading, I kept pausing and thinking of all the James Herriot books I read and reread years ago. The tone and style and passion of the w. "The value of a sense of place and the struggle for this - well worth your time" according to fitzalling. In the modern world filled with people, smartphones and apps, James Rebanks writes about a world that has existed for thousands of years, which struggles to maintain its existence despite the encroaching urban world. How does one value a sense of place and integrate that value into a world that does not value place or the work that holds you to a place. As a teenager he, and his mates, resisted the pleas of their teachers to adapt to the demands of formal learning and leave th. Grace Fortiter said A family saga through three generations of sheep farming in the Lake District. Especially now, the chaotic start of "A family saga through three generations of sheep farming in the Lake District" according to Grace Fortiter. Especially now, the chaotic start of 2017, this book will calm and enlighten you about an imperiled way of life: the hard work of raising sheep for meat and wool in England's Lake District. The work with amazing dogs who can alone bring down stranded sheep from crags and deep ravines, the all-generation family involved in the work, the history of sheep farms in the region and the effect of tourism and climate change on the seasons and the sheep. Rebanks himself is the fourth-g. 017, this book will calm and enlighten you about an imperiled way of life: the hard work of raising sheep for meat and wool in England's Lake District. The work with amazing dogs who can alone bring down stranded sheep from crags and deep ravines, the all-generation family involved in the work, the history of sheep farms in the region and the effect of tourism and climate change on the seasons and the sheep. Rebanks himself is the fourth-g
Mr. The work, detailed lovingly in this memoir, has changed little… Rebanks is concerned with the survival of the landscape, of the life that it has fostered, and of its inhabitants’ view of the world.”” The New Yorker“James Rebanks's unsentimental, sharply detailed memoir about his life as a shepherd in England's Lake District gripped me from the first page.” The Wall Street Journal"James Rebanks’s “The Shepherd’s Life” stands in blissful earthbound contrast. Hugely compelling” Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times“It's bloody marvelous.” Helen Macdonald, New York Times bestselling author of H IS FOR HAWK““Rebanks’s family has farmed sheep in the hills of the lake District, in northwestern England, for some six cen
It hasn't changed for hundreds of years: sending the sheep to the fells in the summer and making the hay; the autumn fairs where the flocks are replenished; the grueling toil of winter when the sheep must be kept alive, and the light-headedness that comes with spring, as the lambs are born and the sheep get ready to return to the hills and valleys.The Shepherd's Life the story of a deep-rooted attachment to place, modern dispatches from an ancient landscape that describe a way of life that is little noticed and yet has profoundly shaped the landscape over time. His way of life is ordered by the seasons and the work they demand. The first son of a shepherd, who was the first son of a shepherd himself, his family have lived and worked in the Lake District of Northern England for generations, further back than recorded history. "It's bloody marvelous." - Helen Macdonald, New York Times bestselling author of H IS FOR HAWKThe Instant #1 International BestsellerSome people's lives are entirely their own creations. This is the story of someone trying desperately hard to stay.. James Rebanks' isn't. It'
. The Shepherd's Life is his first book. He uses his popular Twitter feed - @herdyshepherd1 - to share updates on the shepherding year. A graduate of Oxford University, James works as an expert advisor to UNESCO on sustainable tourism. James Rebanks runs a family-owned farm in the Lake District in northern England