{"product_id":"9781416561156","title":"Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, a Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese","description":"Acclaimed novelist Brad Kessler lived in New York City but longed for a life on the land where he could grow his own food. After years of searching for a home, he and his wife, photographer Dona Ann McAdams, found a mountain farmhouse on a dead-end road, with seventy-five acres of land. One day, when Dona returned home with fresh goat milk from a neighbor's farm, Kessler made a fresh chèvre, and their life changed forever. They decided to raise dairy goats and make cheese. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGoat Song\u003c\/i\u003e tells about what it's like to live intimately with animals who directly feed you. As Kessler begins to live the life of a herder -- learning how to care for and breed and birth goats -- he encounters the pastoral roots of so many aspects of Western culture. Kessler reflects on the history and literature of herding, and how our diet, our alphabet, our religions, poetry, and economy all grew out of a pastoralist milieu among hoofed animals. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Kessler and his wife adapt to a life governed by their goats and the rhythm of the seasons. And their goats give back in immeasurable ways, as Kessler proves to be a remarkable cheesemaker, with his first \u003ci\u003etomme\u003c\/i\u003e of goat cheese winning lavish praise from America's premier cheese restaurants. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the tradition of Thoreau's \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e and Annie Dillard's \u003ci\u003ePilgrim at Tinker Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGoat Song\u003c\/i\u003e is both a spiritual quest and a compelling and beautiful chronicle of living by nature's rules.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121868914928,"sku":"9781416561156","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781416561156_p0.jpg?v=1763728031","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781416561156","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}