Today I Baled Some Hay to Feed the Sheep the Coyotes Eat

by Bill Stockton

Overview

Considered perhaps the finest artist Montana has produced since Charlie Russell, sheepman Bill Stockton was also the celebrated author of this classic illustrated memoir—a wise, humorous, and sometimes shocking glimpse into what he termed “the problems of being a sheep and a few of the problems of people who care for them.” But, as one critic wrote, “This book will do more than amuse you or give you moments of enjoyment or teach you about sheep. It will teach you something about yourself.” This new edition features a beautiful new design incorporating Stockton’s illustrations—including a new cover reflecting the book’s Montana ranch landscape. This book is for all Western art aficionados, residents, and visitors to Montana.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762754267
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/15/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.52(w) x 8.56(h) x 0.49(d)

About the Author

Bill Stockton was born in Minnesota in 1921 and grew up in central Montana. He studied art in Paris on the GI Bill and returned to Montana in the 1950s, where he raised sheep and pursued painting, sculpture, and drawing. He died at his Grass Range home in 2002.

Recipe

Sheepman Bill Stockton is considered perhaps the finest artist Montana has produced since Charlie Russell, and he is also the celebrated author of this classic illustrated memoir—a wise, humorous, and sometimes shocking glimpse into what he termed “the problems of being a sheep and a few of the problems of people who care for them.” But “this book will do more than amuse you or give you moments of enjoyment or teach you about sheep,” observed Sue Mathews of Eastern Montana College in Billings, in her foreword to the original 1983 edition. “It will teach you something about yourself.”

This new edition, which features Stockton’s beautiful illustrations, is a must for all Western art aficionados, as well as residents of and visitors to Montana.