One year ago, a sheep with an adventurous streak captured Beth Petrowske’s sense of imagination. “Brad” even visited her yard. He escaped the farm he was living on and spent weeks evading capture in ...

“Nothing’s more life-affirming than the escape artist, defying death,” says Escapo’s manager, squatting cross-legged in front of a trailer. It’s one of the book’s few idle sequences, but it looks as ...