Introduction : "the protection of his naked body against the inclement elements"
There once were some sheep from Nantucket : sheep in colonial and revolutionary America
Embargos, merinos, and the flocks grow : a new republic of wool
"Utter destruction to the prosperity of that section of the union whence I come" : sheep and the rift between north and south
Shepherds enslaved and free : sheep and race
Fido and the fleece : sheep, dogs, and the law
Mary had a little lamb, and the west had big burly cowboys : sheep, the frontier, and gender bias
Machines in the pasture : sheep and the industrial age
Nothing is certain but death and taxes on wool : foreign sheep and internal revenue
"A little pure wildness . . . Both of men and sheep" : big flocks, bighorns, and Western conservation
Swimsuits, soldiers, polyester : the decline of America's sheep'.
