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Fowl Play: A History of the Chicken from Dinosaur to Dinner Plate

Fowl Play: A History of the Chicken from Dinosaur to Dinner Plate - Paperback

by Sally Coulthard
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sally CoulthardPublish date:2025-04-01Pages:288
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Apollo Publishing InternationalISBN-13:9781801104487ISBN-10:1801104484UPC:9781801104487Book Category:Nature, HistoryBook Subcategory:Animals, Ecology, Social HistoryBook Topic:BirdsSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5Product ID:SCC7PPABGB

The humble chicken has conquered the world.
This unlikely descendant of Tyrannosaurus Rex is now so ubiquitous there are more than 20 billion chickens pecking, strutting and scratching around the planet at any one time. And yet, of all animals, the chicken perhaps best represents the contradictory way we humans treat other species: both beloved pet and cheap commodity, symbol of a sustainable good life and brutalised object of factory farming.

Sally Coulthard charts the chicken's fascinating journey from dinosaur to domestication, exploring every aspect of the history of Gallus gallus domesticus. As informative as it is entertaining, Fowl Play tells a remarkable tale of evolutionary change, epic global travel and ruthless exploitation - as well as of companionship, ingenuity and the folly of human nature.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Apollo Publishing InternationalISBN-13:9781801104487ISBN-10:1801104484UPC:9781801104487Book Category:Nature, HistoryBook Subcategory:Animals, Ecology, Social HistoryBook Topic:BirdsSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5Product ID:SCC7PPABGB
Sally Coulthard is a bestselling author of books about natural history and rural life including The Barn, A Short History of the World According to Sheep, The Book of the Earthworm, The Hedgehog Handbook and over twenty more titles. She lives on a Yorkshire smallholding which she shares with her husband, three girls and an assortment of unruly animals.
Publisher: Apollo Publishing International

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