{"product_id":"the-woolly-west-44-colorados-hidden-history-of-sheepscapes-9781623499303","title":"The Woolly West, 44: Colorado's Hidden History of Sheepscapes","description":"Winner, 2019 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Western Heritage Award for the Best Nonfiction Book \u003cbr\u003e Winner, 2019 Colorado Book Awards History Category, sponsored by Colorado Center for the Book \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Woolly West\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Andrew Gulliford describes the sheep industry's place in the history of Colorado and the American West. Tales of cowboys and cattlemen dominate western history--and even more so in popular culture. But in the competition for grazing lands, the sheep industry was as integral to the history of the American West as any trail drive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With vivid, elegant, and reflective prose, Gulliford explores the origins of sheep grazing in the region, the often-violent conflicts between the sheep and cattle industries, the creation of national forests, and ultimately the segmenting of grazing allotments with the passage of the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934. Deeper into the twentieth century, Gulliford grapples with the challenges of ecological change and the politics of immigrant labor. And in the present day, as the public lands of the West are increasingly used for recreation, conflicts between hikers and dogs guarding flocks are again putting the sheep industry on the defensive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Between each chapter, Gulliford weaves an account of his personal interaction with what he calls the \"sheepscape\"--that is, the sheepherders' landscape itself. Here he visits with Peruvian immigrant herders and Mormon families who have grazed sheep for generations, explores delicately balanced stone cairns assembled by shepherds now long gone, and ponders the meaning of arborglyphs carved into unending aspen forests. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Woolly West\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book in decades devoted to the sheep industry and breaks new ground in the history of the Colorado Basque, Greek, and Hispano shepherding families whose ranching legacies continue to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANDREW GULLIFORD is professor of history and environmental studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, and the author of \u003ci\u003eOutdoors in the Southwest: An Adventure Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSacred Objects and Sacred Places: Preserving Tribal Traditions\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a frequent contributor to \"Writers on the Range\" of \u003ci\u003eHigh Country News\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUtah Adventure Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and he resides in Durango. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Texas A\u0026M University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50678965698834,"sku":"9781623499303","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8f51c9d0-7a3f-4d74-b1ab-803a66a98279.jpg?v=1733897899","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-woolly-west-44-colorados-hidden-history-of-sheepscapes-9781623499303","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}