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Goatwalking: A Guide to Wildland Living Hardcover – June 18, 1991

4.3 out of 5 stars 28

The author, who has spent much of his life tending goats in Arizona, recounts how he became one of the founders of the Sanctuary movement, helping political refugees from El Salvador and Guatemala

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From Publishers Weekly

Rancher, goatherd, teacher, Quaker and social activist, Corbett tells us how to take care of goats and advocates "goatwalking" (a form of pastoral nomadism) as a means of practicing survival in desert wastelands. But this is only an introduction to "covenanting" (learning to exist in harmony with all life forms) and to "errantry" (going beyond society's established ways to live according to our inner leanings). In the second half of this book, Corbett relates his experiences in the political sanctuary movement, personally escorting Central American refugees across the Mexican-U.S. border. He discusses civil disobedience and civil initiative, church-state relations, morality and formal religion. Corbett's open, provocative statement about the interconnections of faith, work and social responsibility will interest theologians and philosophers as well as environmentalists.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Corbett presents a potpourri of his beliefs and experiences as a former goat raiser, naturalist, activist, and Quaker whose wanderings have led him to many locations in the United States and Latin America. Goatwalking tells what it is like to be a goat raiser and pastoral nomad in the United States. Corbett describes the brutality he has witnessed as an activist in the sanctuary movement. In his search for solutions, he expounds upon human rights and civil disobedience in the spirit of Henry David Thoreau, Saul Alinsky, and Gandhi. Corbett peppers each essay with his view on how the practices of various religions relate to the subject he is discussing. He tends to overdo the religious aspects, which distracts readers from the essence of the essays. Nevertheless, there is a lot to learn in Goatwalking about raising goats, environmentalism, religion, and politics. Recommended for theology and political science collections.
- Irwin Weintraub, Rutgers Univ. Libs., Piscataway, N.J.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Viking Adult (June 18, 1991)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0670828467
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0670828463
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20 x 20 x 20 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 28

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Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2013
This book is so unique that it is difficult to review. I am so filled with richness by it that I have given away several copies to those who, I think, might appreciate it. The first part is how to live on the land with goats, which the author did. He then uses that sense of living on the land throughout the rest of the book especially as it relates to the events of the Hebrew and Christian Bibles. But this is not just an abstract study either, because he then gets involved with helping refugees from Mexico, Central and South America as they cross the border into the US near his farm. This leads into establishing what became known as the Sanctuary Movement. And these very real experiences lead back to the ideas of living the Bible and how legislative law contrasts with "the law". Then, finally, there is a proposal about establishing an ethic for the land and making it happen in a part of Arizona. Why this book is pretty much out of print is a mystery to me - it is exactly what we need at this time. It should be a best seller for those who care anything about the relationship between the land, the Bible, the Divine, and actually living one's life.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2014
What a "one of a kind" book! Three books in one, a deep view of human soul in relationship with the natural world, important info on living off the land with goats!! and the authors involvement in the sanctuary movement. Such an important book I just gave away my 5th copy to friends so am buying another one!!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2002
This book like walking, meanders in and out of many ideas and worlds. Sometimes this is disconcerting, but it also inspiring. And really tells how you can achieve self sufficency by goatwalking.
I hope one day to re read this while sitting in a canyon far from civilization with my goats in the distance.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2019
second half of book digresses deeply into politics that is not super-helpful to the main subject.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2018
Prompt, quality
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2012
This is a very insightful book by a very bright, very simple, man. As an unexpected bonus, it was a signed copy.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2016
A beautiful book
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2016
I think I got my JIm Corbetts mixed up. This isn't the great shikari but some other guy??? Hmmm

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woman
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed by this book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2014
Disappointed by this book, I had hoped for a more detailed account of the journeys rather than the reasoning behind them. Though I did revel in his anarchistic interpretation of the purpose of the life of Jesus, it just laboured the point to much for me.
ConnieCarlson
4.0 out of 5 stars Eye opener
Reviewed in Canada on February 2, 2014
An interesting look at an alternative life style and a way too make a difference in the world. The things we don't know about immigration.