The Dogtown Chronicles
Our Life and Times with Sheep, Goats, Llamas, and Other Creatures
Some of the stars of The Dogtown Chronicles: Abraham, a Jacob lamb  Moe and Curly, Scottish Highland steer  Darling, one of the San Clemente Island goats  Young llama, Lloyd |
AVAILABLE NOW! A middle-aged couple of escaped New Yorkers become shepherds in the rural outpost of West Marin, California, and learn much about life—and about death—from the experience. The Dogtown Chronicles is a memoir as much as a layered love story, in which love of place, love of animals, and love of an inventive, adventurous partner grows over more than 20 years. Readers meet the author in her 40s, when she was afraid of most animals, and afraid to admit it to Richard, who introduced Moe and Curly, two Scottish Highland steer, to his 10-acre property in Dogtown not long after she moved in. After 10 years, the cumulative effect of Moe and Curly, sheep and goats, lambs and kids, and llamas, horse, dog, and cats—and Richard—had opened her heart to animals. The book shows how, through stories of the couple's adventures and misadventures with their menagerie of creatures great and small. About the author:
Doris Ober is an independent editor and author's collaborator and has written over a dozen books with or for others, and edited dozens more over nearly 30 years. She is managing editor of the art and literary journal, West Marin Review. The Dogtown Chronicles is her first solo book. About the illustrators:
Connie Mery is a professional book illustrator and painter, whose work has appeared in elementary, secondary, and college textbooks. She studied art at Smith College and the San Francisco Academy of Art. She lives in Point Reyes Station, California. Richard Kirschman is Dogtown's resident photographer. AMONG THE TOP 10 BEST SELLERS FOR POINT REYES BOOKS IN 2009!
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