Home to Roost by Bob Sheasley

Home to Roost by Bob Sheasley

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Tells of the intertwined relationship between humans and chickens. This title presents the story of agriculture and human migration; of folk medicine and technology; of how we dreamed of the good life, threw it away, and want it back.

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Home to Roost by Bob Sheasley

Tells of the intertwined relationship between humans and chickens. This title presents the story of agriculture and human migration; of folk medicine and technology; of how we dreamed of the good life, threw it away, and want it back.
"Sheasley combines firsthand experience and wide-ranging research in his treasury of chicken lore.. A diverting excursion through the coop and beyond." - Kirkus Reviews"
Sheasley, Bob: - Bob Sheasley is a farm boy in the city. A lifelong Pennsylvanian, he grew up on a 100-acre dairy farm in Old Order Amish county. He works at The Philadelphia Inquirer and lives with his wife, son, and three daughters in their 1830s farmhouse, where he keeps a coop of fifty or so chickens.
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ISBN 13 9780312590420
ISBN 10 0312590423
Title Home to Roost
Author Bob Sheasley
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Griffin Publishing
Year published 2009-12-08
Number of pages 304
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