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The Sheep Stell

An account of Janet White's life as a shepherd, islander, smallholder and hill farmer. Throughout her life she has always tended sheep — first as a young girl in The Cheviots, then on an uninhabited island off New Zealand with a bonfire as her only means of communication with the mainland. After a brutal attack she was forced to leave her island and returned to England, where she married, became a smallholder in Sussex and finally bought a hill farm in Somerset. Underpinning this account is the author's attachment to the land and her total commitment to combine the principles of conservation with successful farming.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 218
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-7126-4624-6
  • EAN
  • 9780712646246
  • Genres
  • nature, memoir
  • Release date
  • 1992