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The Shepherd's Life : A Tale of the Lake District

By: Publisher: London : Allen Lane; 2015Description: 256 Pages : PaperbackISBN:
  • 9781846148545
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 942.78
Summary: Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. The first son of a shepherd, who was the first son of a shepherd himself, he and his family have lived and worked in and around the Lake District for generations. Their way of life is ordered by the seasons and the work they demand, and has been for hundreds of years. A Viking would understand the work they do: sending the sheep to the fells in the summer and making the hay; the autumn fairs where the flocks are replenished; the gruelling toil of winter when the sheep must be kept alive, and the light-headedness that comes with spring, as the lambs are born and the sheep get ready to return to the fells.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Society and Politics 942.78 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn Not For Loan Book Bazaar PKLC019340
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore In Store 942.78 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn PKLC014042
Total holds: 0

Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. The first son of a shepherd, who was the first son of a shepherd himself, he and his family have lived and worked in and around the Lake District for generations. Their way of life is ordered by the seasons and the work they demand, and has been for hundreds of years. A Viking would understand the work they do: sending the sheep to the fells in the summer and making the hay; the autumn fairs where the flocks are replenished; the gruelling toil of winter when the sheep must be kept alive, and the light-headedness that comes with spring, as the lambs are born and the sheep get ready to return to the fells.

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