In this fascinating book filled with enticing anecdotes and vignettes from the ancient world to the modern day, Coulthard shepherds the reader through the rich and unexpected story of humankind's relationship with sheep.
From the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia, sheep have been central to the human story. Since our our Neolithic ancestors' first forays into sheep-rearing nearly 11,000 years ago, these remarkable animals have fed us, clothed us, changed our diet and language and financed the conquest of large swathes of the earth.
Sally Coulthard weaves this fascinating story into a vivid and colourful tapestry of engaging anecdotes and extraordinary ovine facts, whose multiple strands celebrate just how pivotal these woolly animals are to almost every aspect of human society and culture.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781789544213
Number of pages: 320
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
Sally Coulthard's story of how sheep shaped the human story is full of rich pickings... Full of fascinating social history' - Independent
Global in scope, with fascinating vignettes from the ancient world to the present day, this is anything but woolly - BBC History Magazine
A snappy, stimulating book, and certainly not just for shepherds - Mail on Sunday
Overflows with anecdotes and ovine facts with Coulthard showing how intrinsic sheep have been to human society and culture - This England
This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari's Sapiens. It's every bit as fascinating and is surely destined to be just as successful - Julian Norton
I absolutely LOVE this... It's a perfect light-hearted informative history' - Philippa Sandall
Sally Coulthard weaves the rich and fascinating story of sheep into a vivid and colourful tapestry... Sally's book is threaded with engaging anecdotes and remarkable ovine facts' - Yorkshire Post
[An] intriguing book... You won't look at a sheep in the same way again' - Country Living
Love a sheep? Yorkshire writer Sally Coulthard has the ovis covered! - Yorkshire Life
You often see them on walks, but what do you really know about the woolly bleaters? Sally Coulthard reveals mind-boggling facts in her new book - Country Walking
The rich and fascinating story of the sheep, masterfully told. Such a splendid book - Waterstones
Over the course of some 300 pages, Sally Coulthard weaves the rich and fascinating story of sheep into a suitably colourful woollen tapestry' - Countryside
I've been listening to A Short History of the World According to Sheep... Light-hearted and fun, it is also fascinating and I feel like I have learnt so much' - Scottish Book Trust
Author Sally Coulthard stitches together fascinating tidbits, exploring the sheep's relationship to human civilization and culture - Spin Off
Coulthard's lively history celebrates the millennia-old relationship between humans and ovines from prehistoric times to The Yorkshire Shepherdess, and looks to a future in which sheep play a part in sustainable agriculture - Daily Mail
I've been a shepherd for many years and despite reading hundreds of "farmers weekly" editions and the like, nothing has entertained me as well as this book. Well researched, thoroughly insightful, easy... More
A fascinating book on sheep- a really exciting and wholesome read!
This is a terrifically interesting read.
Sally skilfully links the history of sheep, wool and related matters with many aspects of life and convincingly makes the case that, without sheep, we humans wouldn’t have...
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