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Author Parkes, Clara, author.

Title Vanishing fleece : adventures in American wool / Clara Parkes.

Publication Info. New York : Abrams Press, 2019.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  338.4767 PARKES    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  746.1 PARKES    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  338.1 PAR    DUE 05-08-24
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  338.4767 PARKES    Check Shelf
Description 184 pages ; 21 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Wool harvest -- Double bubble bale and trouble -- Infiltrating Big Wool -- Moving bodies -- Ready to roll - Bartlett bound -- The Stradivarius of salvage -- Journey to the heart of the Madder -- Rust Belt revival -- Tree house confessions -- Saved by the ball -- Halloween spooktacular at the haunted dyehouse -- Casting off.
Summary Clara Parkes presents a fast-paced account of the year she spent transforming a 676-pound bale of wool into commercial yarn, and the people and vanishing industry she discovered along the way.
Subject Wool industry -- United States.
Yarn.
Wool industry. (OCoLC)fst01180027
Yarn. (OCoLC)fst01182520
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
ISBN 9781419735318 (hardcover)
1419735314 (hardcover)
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