Books Plus

Books & Brochures the Alliance Offers For Sale

Plus one offered through Amazon

And The Shepherds Rug is offered through Letty Klein’s PLF farm website

Quick Pricing

Persian Lamb Magic $40 Amazon only, does not include shipping

The Lambs $32 each includes shipping

The Karakul Handbook $45 each includes shipping

∞Two books together $70 includes Media shipping∞

Brochures (currently out)

Price was $1.00 each, packs of 5, 10, 20 shipping included

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New Work Order/Fee Schedule reflects these items for ordering with your registrations & transfers

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Persian Lamb Magic – Creation of Nature’s Masterpiece
Identification and Guide for Selection
by Deborah Y Hunter ©2025

After many requests for a Karakul lamb curls and pattern reference guide, a new book has been written, illustrated and explained from the thousands of photographs I accumulated over years as KSAR Registrar. In this concise guide, more than 160 pictures beautifully clarify the nine traits that create the stunning beauty of Persian lamb, known as Swakara in Africa. Shepherds will be able to embrace the heritage of the only breed in the world that produces lambs of such elegance. Non-shepherds will delight in the extraordinary beauty of Karakul and Swakara lambs.

An exquisite reference book, color photographs galore, makes a lovely gift!

$40 Amazon only, does not include shipping

Exclusively through Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing), who has the exclusive rights to content for the first 90 days of publication, November 1, 2025.

Link: https://www.amazon.com/PERSIAN-MAGIC-Creation-Natures-Masterpiece/dp/B0FYXC25JG/ref=sr_1_1

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Alliance’s Karakul Sheep Brochure

An Informational Journey in Photographs

Brochure Inside

Brochure Outside

Brochures are easy Advertising for Karakul sheep

For fairs, events at your farm, potential customers….

Sorry but the Alliance is currently out of Brochures

Will re-post on this page when available

Go to Karakul Sheep for instructions on printing out copies

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Every shepherd needs to read this book! If you are really short of time, read one of Deborah’s touching reviews:

2019 May-Jun sheep! magazine – Unique Book on the Sheep-Human Alliance

2019 Summer BSN (Black Sheep Newsletter) – A Work of Art on the Sheep-Human Bond

The beautiful book has heft to it, loads of color photographs, and makes a lovely gift for shepherds & non-shepherds alike.

$32 each includes shipping ($27 + 5 media shipping)

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Also available in audio format through other sellers.

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Because Persian lamb birth coats are the essence of Karakul sheep this is the book for every serious breeder. Lowry Hagerman was the most successful US shepherd to breed for the business of Persian lamb. The deBremond-Hagerman family started with Karakuls in Fall 1911, about 2 1/2 years after CC Young’s first importation. Starting with 100 Karalinc cross ewes and one superlative Karakul ram costing more than a Ford Model T, Hagerman was able to flood the market with thousands of matched pelts for the US Persian lamb fur industry.

Written in the late 1940’s, during the waning years of the industry, it was published just three years before the fur market totally collapsed. This book contains fascinating insight into Hagerman’s breeding and marketing practices that made him the premier breeder of his time, and for decades to come. The Hagerman family had Karakuls until 1996, a total of 85 years, longest to date for the breed.

The Alliance’s Handbooks were exposed to a lot of dust and flies, but they are not moldy. This collection had been stored in Ted Stultz’s barn loft, Fabius, NY, since 1979 when he sold the Empire State Karakul Fur Sheep Registry to Karen Koch. Ted kept some books aside because he had been successful selling them to Animal Science students. After I contacted Ted in February 2019, he shipped 24 copies to the Alliance in Washington state.

Ted Stultz’s Empire State Karakuls were descendants of Hagerman sheep, which ended up with Julia DeVlieg when she bought the registry from Karen Koch.

Get a little bit of Karakul history in your hands!

Individually cleaned with leather conditioner,

$45 each includes shipping ($40 + 5 media shipping)

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and

Regular $32 with ship Regular $45 with ship

Two books together $70 includes Media Mail shipping.

Contrast — 20th century Karakul business history WITH a 21st century modern look at the bonds these sheep develop between themselves and with humans

New Work Order/Fee Schedule reflects this double-set

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A breeder of Karakul sheep since 1982, Letty Klein offers For Sale through her farm website The Shepherd’s Rug: A Braided Wool Rug From Roving ©2006 Written in a straight-forward and well-thought-out manner with plenty of illustrations to guide you through the process of braiding roving, felting, and sewing braids together into the rug you desire.

$24.95 https://www.plfkarakuls.com/book.html