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ISBN: 978-0-87351-770-6 (cloth)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sletto, Kathryn A. (Kathryn Albertson)

Keeping watch : 30 sheep, 24 rabbits, 2 llamas, 1 alpaca,
and a shepherdess with a day job / Kathryn A. Sletto.
      p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-87351-770-6 (cloth : alk. paper)

Ebook ISBN 978-0-87351-792-8

1. Sletto, Kathryn A. (Kathryn Albertson)

2. Shepherds—United States—Biography.

3. Women shepherds—United States—Biography.

4. Women executives—United States—Biography.

5. Animal culture—United States—Anecdotes. I. Title.

SF375.32.S565A3 2010

636.30092—dc22

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Photograph page ii: ©iStockphoto.com/GlobalP. All others, Christopher Sletto.