Books Plus

Books & Brochures the Alliance Offers For Sale

(plus one offered by long-time breeder Letty Klein)

Quick Pricing

The Lambs $32 each includes shipping

The Karakul Handbook $45 each includes shipping

∞Two books together $70 includes Media shipping∞

Brochures $1.00 each, packs of 5, 10, 20 shipping included

Use Contact box below or Email info@karakulshepherds.org to Order & Pay by Check

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

Thanks for supporting your Karakul Shepherds Alliance!

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The Shepherds Rug by Letty Klein $24.95 is offered through her PLF farm website.

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Alliance’s Karakul Sheep Brochure

An Informational Journey in Photographs

Brochure Inside

Brochure Outside

Easy Advertising for Karakul sheep

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

Printed on heavy 28 or 32 lb paper with a nice texture to it

Order in packs of 5, 10, or 20. $1.00 each, shipping included

Use Contact box below or email info@karakulshepherds.org for a free copy!

A Brochure will be returned with certificates to everyone who registers and/or transfers sheep to new owners in 2020 & 2021.

New Work Order/Fee Schedule reflects this item for ordering with your registrations & transfers

A few minor changes from 1st printing were made & the attribute Noble was added

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 1910, about 18 months 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 86 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. 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