FOWL PLAY: A History of the Chicken from Dinosaur to Dinner Plate
Charts the chicken's fascinating journey from dinosaur to domestication to exploitation, exploring every aspect of the history of Gallus gallus domesticus. From its importance to the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans through to its darker modern-day fate as battery bird raised to satisfy society's unquenchable addiction to wings and nuggets. Illus.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 278
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Publishing status: Current
ISBN: 9781801104470
Item #: 6998291
Recently Viewed Items
-
NATIONAL TRUST BOOK OF PIES: 55 Essential Classic and Modern Pie RecipesHardbound$12.95 $15.99
-
MONEY, LIES, AND GOD: Inside the Movement to Destroy American DemocracyHardbound$13.95 $29.99
-
CRISS-CROSS: The Making of Hitchcock's Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a TrainHardbound$21.95 $29.00