The Shepherd's Life: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (906 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250060249 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Diana H. Maine said a stunning book. I couldn't put it down (and not only because I raise sheep myself.. 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. fitzalling said The value of a sense of place and the struggle for this - well worth your time. 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 teache. 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 . 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
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. He uses his popular Twitter feed - @herdyshepherd1 - to share updates on the shepherding year. The Shepherd's Life is his first book
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. He has written a marvelous autobiography - of himself, his family, and the hills themselves.” John Lewis-Stempel, author of MEADOWLAND and YOUNG JAMES HERRIOT: THE MAKING OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS VET. Rebanks writes with loving eloquence about a kind of deep-rooted life that is all but lost in the developed world. Hugely compelling
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. Many memoirs are of people working desperately hard to leave a place. This is the story of someone trying desperately hard to stay.. It's a part of the world known mainly for its romantic descriptions by Wordsworth and the much loved illustrated children's books of Beatrix Potter. But James' world is quite different. It is a story of working lives, the people around him, his child