Counting sheep : a celebration of the pastoral heritage of Britain
Walling, Philip2014
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Total copies: 1
Sheep are the thread that runs through the history of the English countryside. Our fortunes were once founded on sheep, and this book tells a story of wool and money and history, of merchants and farmers and shepherds, of English yeomen and how they got their freedom, and above all, of the soil.
Main title:
Counting sheep : a celebration of the pastoral heritage of Britain / Philip Walling.
Author:
Walling, Philip, author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2014.
Collation:
xxii, 266 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846685040 (hbk)9781847658036 (ebook)
Dewey class:
636.3'0941636.3094
LC class:
SF375
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
261373