Sheep Books

Great book to add some humor to your day especially if you are a farmer or rancher. Might even help you appreciate your food if you are not a farmer or rancher.

It seems that this title (oh, so appropriate!) is almost as long as the text of this pensive, perceptive book. Stockton condenses experiences gained through living in close association with the land, livestock, predators, and economic pressures into this extremely readable and informative book. I am recommending it to my family and friends who just can't understand what I'm doing in this very different land.

As a former deputy sheriff in the nowood valley, Ten Sleep, Wyoming, I found Mr. Davis' research and presentation outstanding. His descriptions and evaluations were right on the money. As a critical history buff, I was pleasantly surprised to find no faults or criticisms of Mr. Davis' work. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in historical jurisprudence. Things might have changed in "crime detection/investigation" but in the courtroom? not so much.

Wyoming looms large for me, and I've alluded to a recent film about Wyoming "cowboys" in other reviews. Attorney John Davis, from somewhere in the Big Horn Basin, discusses events of 2 April 1909 that put the cowboy canard in its place. Those movie cowboys aren't cowboys because they're all hat and no cattle. They're sheepherders. So were Joe Allemand, shot to death on 2 April 1909, and Joe Enge, murdered and burned in his sheep wagon on Spring Creek.

Spring Creek was the last big battle of the western sheep wars, writes Mr. Davis, and was the first (only) Wyoming raid in which killers of sheepherders were convicted of murder. The murderers of Allemand, Emge, and another herder, burned to death with Emge in his wagon, were real cowboys acting out a drama that was a tragedy of the commons. Much of Wyoming even in 1909 was unfenced open range to which cattlemen claimed rights of preemption. Sheep and their crazy herders (cowboys debated overwhelming questions: Were men already crazy before they herded sheep, or were they made crazy by the sheep they herded?) were latecomers who competed for grass and water in a dry state. Sheep wrecked the range for cattle, eating grass down to the ground and then eating the ground. Then they'd bleat and excrete, wrecking water holes. In the Big Horn Basin commons, cattlemen and cowboys tolerated sheep and sheepherders as long as they knew their place. Where there were no fences, cattlemen helpfully drew deadlines, invisible lines in the sand beyond which sheep were not allowed to cross. Allemand and Emge crossed the line.

Allemand was foreign. Some accounts say he was Baszue; Davis writes that he was French. Allemand was an alien in an occupation dominated by Mexicans and Basques whose lives had been cheap. Mr. Allemand, though, was liked and respected by his neighbors despite being from somewhere else and despite sheep. Nobody wrote that he was crazy. Emge was foreign, but had been respected because he had been a cattleman before going to the dark side, sheep. He did not know his place. He kept his bovine arrogance despite turning to a disreputable occupation, sheep, and he openly disrespected his old cowboy cronies and their deadline. Emge, of course, represented something new under the hot Wyoming sun: old certitudes were dying. Wyoming, as territory and state, had run cattle and had been run by cattle. But Wyoming in the new 20th Century was born again; by 1909 Wyoming sheep were worth more than Wyoming cattle, and even founding fathers like cattle kings F.E. Warren & J.M. Carey were changing with the times. By 1909 cattle kings were running sheep.

That's the context of the story Mr. Davis tells. It's the story of an insular area, almost inbred, that was almost ripped apart by the aftermath of an atavistic raid. Davis excerpts Grand Jury transcripts that show communities and neighbors being pushed and pulled by the old and the new. He tells a story far more interesting than the fey fable that was nominated today for eight Academy Awards.

This is a beautiful introduction to the poetry of Robert Desnos. His work displays the stunning imagery & dazzling wordplay of his fellow Surrealists, as might be expected ... but his is a distinctly passionate voice, one that holds nothing back in its declarations of yearning & love. Yet his work never descends even remotely into vague mushiness or greeting card blandness. Within a single line, he can be swooning & agonizing over love, without ever losing his considerable intellect, literary knowledge, and wicked wit -- no small feat!

To my mind, Desnos is one of the most humanly engaging of the Surrealists. His poetry will touch you -- a touch that can be a sensual caress, a sizzling jolt of electricity, a bold communion of two people through words. Most highly recommended!

it's sad how many people/writers don't know the work of robert desnos. one of the greatest poetical voices of the 1900's. not only is his poetry great, his life (and how he sacrificed) is a beautiful story.

The content in the book, The Way Of A Blue Ribbon Sheep, has made me a stronger Christian and changed my life. The content includes the difference between Water Baptism and Holy Spirit Baptism, what it means to be Born again and the conversion process. It tells the importance of tithing and serving God. It showed me how to serve God the right way. I can not serve God just anyway I feel like it, I must serve Him the Bible Way. I like how the book includes so many scriptures related to the chapters. I'm glad I have this book in my library. I'm sure I'll pick up that book whenever I have a question or need to refresh my mind with Bible Principles. This book deserves 5 stars because if these truths are followed it will change anyone's life.

I thought it was quick and easy reading. loaded with great information for new Christians and a great reminder for mature Christians as well.

Glyn Jones,a top Border Collie handler gives his insights about working as a team with your Border collie on the trial field. He also explains how to train your dog and how to become a team. This book goes into detail from choosing your dog, training you dog in all the stages to trialing. A top book with lots of pictures, diagrams and great explanations.

If you own and work (or plan to work) stock dogs then you'll want to own this book. I borrowed this book many years ago and now that I am getting back into working stockdogs I just ordered it for myself! The book takes you through choosing and raising a puppy, step-by-step training from start to finish, and trialing. The book is mostly geared towards Border Collies working sheep but most of the same techniques can be used with other breeds. If you have another breed working cattle may want to look into purchasing Scott Lithgow's "Training and Working Dogs for Quiet Confident Control of Stock".

MY 5 YEAR OLD SON AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS BOOK. IT WAS FUNNY, EASY TO READ AND THE CHARACTERS WERE ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE. NO REGRETS BUYING THIS BOOK... MY SONS SAYS "IT'S A GREAT BOOK!"

This book is very amusing and your 2 year old will catch on quickly to littlle Woolly lamb's frustration in not having his mom around to tuck him in. All the animals try to come to his rescue claiming they know how to tuck him in, but of course, no one does it like mom can. This book will definitely entertain any child from 2 to 7 trying to stall at bed time.

This is a beautiful read, that displays the hardships, determination, and stamina of a generation long gone. Few people were cut from this cloth at the turn of the century, and even fewer are today. Sheldon was a close friend, and travel companion, of President Roosevelt. He was an enthusiatic student of nature, and an avid hunter. Though some here would look down on him for hunting, he is the classic example that hunters(including Roosevelt) were responsible for protecting these wild places. Hunting even today, pays the bulk of the monies to protect and preserve America's wild places and wild things. Hunting practices of today are almost nothing like they were at the time this book was written, and this is an important account of how things used to be.

This is an excellent account of the lifestyles and the rugged men that explored this Country. I highly recommend this book to those of us that aren't afraid of the truth. Those with a Disney idea of the World around them, might find this book offensive.

Charles Sheldon exemplified the conservation-minded hunter-- and while that may seem a contradiction in terms to some modern readers, Sheldon and his companions were the moving force behind many of our parks and wilderness places. This book details Sheldon's adventures in Alaska hunting bighorn sheep, during which he also gathered museum specimens and came to appreciate the glory of Alaska's landscape. The adventures he had are often told in a self-deprecating way which downplays suspense, but his gentle good humor shines through, and his descriptions of the landscape and its beauty make you feel as if you are seeing them with him. Some readers may feel that the pairing of such aesthetic appreciation with the constant shooting of animals jars-- and in terms of modern nature reading it does!-- but it can also transport us to a time when hunting and wilderness appreciation were inseparably linked for most Americans. Sheldon killed a lot of sheep, but he also was the force behind the creation of Denali National Park-- and perhaps the only voice for keeping (at that time) the Native American names for both Denali and the park, although Congress chose to name it after McKinley. Overall, an interesting hunting narrative & window into past views about wilderness, written by a man with a mild but charming personality-- one of the few big-game hunters you can imagine enjoying going camping with!

It is refreshing to finally hear from a very well-educated author about the unbiased truth of history and the Saxon people.
His footnotes and sources(unlike most liberally biased propaganda)CHECK OUT!

"The Wolf and the Sheep" is an enjoyable short book somewhat akin to Orwell's "Animal Farm". People are basically either wolves or sheep. Wolves eat sheep - that's what they do, and Sheep try not to be eaten - that's what they do.

In the past, our nation (sheepfold) weeded out wolves like rapists and murderers. We were left for the most part with a homogenous, upstanding and righteous society.

However today the Wolf has gained entry into our sheepfold. Rapists and murderers are protected from the angry masses, and after serving several years, they are often set free to repeat their crimes and to breed more little wolves into our society.

The time has come to restore our sheepfold to its former glory.

Alternatives To History is a collection of impressive and original free-verse poetry by Jay Ladin that acknowledges the ruthlessness of war, terror, and death, yet offers genuine tribute to the sheer perseverance of life. A chapter of poems referring time and again to the "Situation" of ongoing Israeli-Palestinian violence is particularly insightful and quite memorable in its disturbing capture human conflict. The Role Of The Imagination In A Time Of Terror: Not a body in the market,/Not a footfall in the street. A god//Of bits and pieces/I wink, settle//At a nearby table, finger dawdling/Between trench coat buttons,//Sweating shrapnel/Into the stone-warmed breeze, Usually//I'm just your imagination, a figment/Of Circumambient hatred, This evening//A Waiter with wrestler's arms/Pins my wrists to my knees. The bomb doesn't--/No martyr's pension, no causalities--/But I explode//;Over and over/Spattering walls and windows//With strips of kid/You dress and serve//In your dreams. I pull/Myself together, bulge//Above an eighteen-year-old pelvis/That detonates a supermarket entrance//One week later. While You're still sorting out the pieces--/Shards of arm from schist of leg,//Security from vengeance--/I deck myself in tanks and sappers, boys//Pressing pistols to infant temples, shots/(The cameramen beaten for their own protection)//Of wailing women whose stylized grief/Makes them look like extras. Weeping//Like Rachel, refusing/To be comforted,//I strike my thigh, I lament,/Let me return, take me back,//Imagine me again/As your Promised Land//With breasts full of wine and shores outspread/To gather my children's--be children again--//Expatriated limbs./But there is Jacob//Smoking all night around windowless tables/Sketching fences and retaliations//With hairy, capable hands./The spitting image//Of his brother,/He feeds me something//Slaughtered in a hurry--/Savory, steaming, persuasive.//Ever a father to him, I bless,/Tipping my mirror to his lips//At the scene of an explosion/That hasn't, yet. the future//Is his. Breahs/Condense. Footfalls//In markets. Bodies/In the street.

Louise Turk's memoir's of sheepherding alone in the Big Horn Mountains is not only an amazing feat but a good read as well!!!