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Can I read The Chicken Book on EtoBox?
The Chicken Book by Page Smith, and Charles Daniel is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Chicken Book about?
Liberating today's chicken from cartoons, fast food, and other demeaning associations, The Chicken Book at once celebrates and explains this noble fowl. As it traces the rise and fall of Gallus domesticus from the jungles of ancient India to the assembly-line hatcheries sprawled across modern America, this original, frequently astounding book passes along a trove of knowledge and lore about everything from the chicken's biology and behavior to its place in legend and mythology. The book includes
Who reads The Chicken Book?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Page Smith, and Charles Daniel
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Published
- 1975
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780316801515
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Agriculture, Science, Nature
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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