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Raw material : working wool in the West

text Raw material : working wool in the West

Summary
"In Raw Material, Stephany Wilkes tells not only her own story, but also that of American wool. What begins as a knitter's search for local yarn becomes a dirty, unlikely, and irresistible side job. Wilkes become a certified sheep shearer and wool... Read more
Contents

Emigrant -- Greenhorn -- Kindred -- Bale and sale -- Husbandry -- Mill -- Apprentice -- Barn raising -- Camaraderie -- Carbon farmer -- Shepherds -- Black sheep -- Bureaucracy -- Local color -- Slow money -- Flock -- Epilogue. Two years later.

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Description
xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher
Oregon State University Press 2018

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 921 WILKES, STEPHANY WIL in Adult Non-fiction Available

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