02422cam a2200313 4500 1993244782 TxAuBib 20250104120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9798331907990 5d8f8cfa-bc62-4832-bee0-ae38e87ce47a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 11436399 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Bannor, Brett. American Sheep [Libby Audiobook] : A Cultural History. Tantor Media, Inc, 2025. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 252MB. historical nonfiction. livestock. sheep. HTML:Why did Thomas Jefferson write that he would be happy if all dogs went extinct? What economic opportunity did attorney John Lord Hayes envision for the newly emancipated during Reconstruction? What American workers were mocked by Theodore Roosevelt as "morose, melancholy men"? What problems with revenue collection did Congressman James Beauchamp Clark mention when proposing an income tax? Why did Harley O. Gable of Armour &amp; Company recommend that his meat-packing business manufacture violin strings?<br /> The answers to all these questions involve sheep. From the colonial era through the mid-twentieth century, America's flocks played a key role in the nation's development. Furthermore, much consternation centered around the sheep the United States lacked, so that dependency on foreign wool became a full-blown crisis in wartime. But more than just providers of wool, sheep were valued for their meat, for their byproducts after slaughter, and even for their efficiency at lawn maintenance.<br /> Brett Bannor explains how sheep have impacted the broader growth and development of the United States. The history of America's sheep encompasses topics that touch on many cornerstones of the American experience, such as enslavement, warfare, western expansion, industrialization, taxation, feminism, conservation, and labor relations, among others. Nonfiction. Sociology. Politics. History. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-03-04 20:00:03. Yen, Jonathan. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5d8f8cfa-bc62-4832-bee0-ae38e87ce47a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)