SHEEP by Philip Armstrong ( 9781780235936 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

SHEEP

By:

Philip Armstrong

Format:

Paperback

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£13.95

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£10.18

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ISBN 10:

1780235933

ISBN 13:

9781780235936

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Publisher:

REAKTION BOOKS

Pub. date:

1 May, 2016

Series:

Animal

Pages:

208

Description:

A unique exploration of the biology and history of sheep, as well as their place in literature and the other creative arts.

Synopsis:

The Egyptians worshipped them, the Romans dressed them in fitted coats, the Christians made the shepherd synonymous with their divine saviour. In Sheep, Philip Armstrong traces the natural and cultural history of both the wild and domestic species of Ovis: from the Old World mouflon to the corkscrew-horned flocks of the Egyptians, to the 'Trojan sheep' of Homer's Odyssey, to the vast migratory mobs of Spanish merinos - all the way to Dolly the cloned ewe and the sheep-human hybrids of Haruki Murakami. Above all else, Sheep demonstrates that sometimes the most mundane animals turn out to be the most surprising.

Illustrations:

100 illustrations, 70 in colour

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Imprint:

Reaktion Books

Returns:

Returnable

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