{"product_id":"sheepwagon-home-on-the-range-book","title":"Sheepwagon - Home on the Range Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor so long, the sheepwagon was such a common sight on the western landscape that it has been overlooked as an important part of the region’s culture. Other than a few articles about the quaint sheepwagon or the lonely life of the rapidly disappearing sheepherder, no definitive history of the western sheep business has been written since 1948.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis photo-intensive book gives the history of the sheepwagon and the surrounding sheep business. Here are chapters on the early days of Western sheep-raising; the origins and manufacturing of sheepwagons; traditional sheepherders: their superstitions, customs and pastimes; women and families who lived in sheepwagons; the Basque influence; and modern-day herders, sheepwagons, and restorers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Weidel spent years interviewing sheepmen and women, sheepherders, wagon builders, and experts for this, the only book on the fascinating “first mobile home.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback - B\u003cspan\u003eibliography - 192 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"High Plains Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51342272627009,"sku":null,"price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/0450\/0801\/files\/Sheepwagon-HomeontheRangeBook.jpg?v=1771625960","url":"https:\/\/cottlekate.shop\/products\/sheepwagon-home-on-the-range-book","provider":"Cattle Kate","version":"1.0","type":"link"}