[Library ebook] Chickens: Their Natural and Unnatural Histories
✿ Janet Lembke ✿
| #1533116 in Books | Skyhorse Publishing | 2012-11-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x7.40 x7.00l,1.80 | File Name: 162087055X | 256 pages |
||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| The fascinating chicken...no, really|By Doug|What a great book! I've always liked chickens and have raised them from time to time, but didn't realize the breadth and scope of their place in human history.
Janet Lembke covers it all, their biological history, origin from the dinosaurs, their niche in human agriculture, myths and true facts, chickens as muse to the ar|About the Author|Janet Lembke is the award-winning author of nineteen books, including works of nonfiction about the natural world, as well as translations of ancient Greek literature. She is a prolific vegetable gardener and lives in Staunton, Virginia,
Framed by the author’s personal experience with backyard hens, Chickens: Their Natural and Unnatural Histories explores the history of the chicken from its descent from the dinosaurs to the space-age present. En route, Lembke surveys chickens in ancient Greece, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the nineteenth century, and modern times, including the role of chickens in Jewish and Muslim practices. She also investigates the birds’ contributions...
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