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What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird

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Sy Montgomery's writing has brought new life to such creatures as turtles and octopuses, now she's taking on the chicken. You'll never see them the same.

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A charming and eye-opening exploration of the special relationship between humans and chickens from Sy Montgomery, “one of our finest chroniclers of the natural world” (The New York Times).

For more than two decades, Sy Montgomery—whose The Soul of an Octopus was a National Book Award finalist—has kept a flock of chickens in her backyard. Each chicken has an individual personality (outgoing or shy, loud or quiet, reckless or cautious) and connects with Sy in her ...

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