Goat Song

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

By: Brad Kessler

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Paperback | 8 June 2010

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272 Pages

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21.59 x 13.97 x 1.91

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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.

Industry Reviews

"Goat Song offers a meditation on the pastoral life...that will make an urbanite regret having missed the experience."-- The Wall Street Journal
"A multi-layered, smart, erudite, and incredibly well written book."--Christian Science Monitor
"The writing is so beautiful you want to reread sentences to savor it."--San Francisco Chronicle

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