Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, a Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese

Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, a Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making CheeseGoat Song is the story of a year in the life of a couple who abandoned their one bedroom apartment in New York City to live on seventy five acres in Vermont and raise Nubian goats. In poetic, reverent detail, Brad Kessler explores our ancient relationship to the land and our gradual alienation from the animals that feed us. His fascinating account traces his journey of choosing the goats and learning how to breed, milk, and care for them. As Kessler

Goat Song is the story of a year in the life of a couple who abandoned their one-bedroom apartment in New York City to live on seventy-five acres in Vermont and raise Nubian goats. In poetic, reverent detail, Brad Kessler explores our ancient relationship to the land and our gradual alienation from the animals that feed us. His fascinating account traces his journey of choosing the goats and learning how to breed, milk, and care for them. As Kessler begins to live the life of a herder, he encounters the pastoral roots of so many aspects of Western culture--how our diet, our alphabet, our religions, poetry, and economy all grew out of a pastoralist setting, a life lived among hoofed animals.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 06/08/2010
ISBN: 9781416561002
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d