Mad Shepherds by L. P. Jacks
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Mr. L.P. Jacks' very remarkable book, "Mad Shepherds," gives an account of one Toller of Clun Downs, who went deranged, took to the moors and lived for a considerable time, stealing sheep and poultry. The book is populated with other such characters on the fringes of rural, English society such as shepherds waxing both mystical and atheistic about the stars and one that communes with a silent, invisible fell shepherd. This 1910 work is fresh and engaging today and entertaining due to Jacks' amazed, wide-eyed, and even at times jocular delivery.
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