Home to Roost: Chasing Chickens Through the Ages

by Bob Sheasley

Overview

In Home to Roost, Bob Sheasley tells of the intertwined relationship between humans and chickens. He delves into where chickens came from, what their DNA tells us about our kinship, how we've treated our feathered fellow travelers, and the roads we're crossing together. This is a 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.
With wit and personal insight, Home to Roost examines how our lives can be changed for the better, with something as simple as a backyard coop.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312590420
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/08/2009
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

A lifelong Pennsylvanian, Bob Sheasley grew up on a hundred-acre dairy farm in Old Order Amish county. He lives with his wife, son, and three daughters in their 1830s farmhouse, where he keeps a coop of fifty or so chickens.

Editorial Reviews

Bob Sheasley's engrossing, bittersweet Home to Roost describes the author's experience and fascination with chickens, their place in history and society, and the connection they provide to the American past and future. ... For the true chicken admirer, Home to Roost will be essential reading.” —The Seattle Times

“Utterly enchanting . . . a remarkable writer, a classic romantic.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Home to Roost is a compulsively readable history of man's relationship with Gallus domesticus, rich with anecdote, fable, and fact.” —Julie Zickefoose, author of Letters from Eden

“Combines firsthand experience and wide-ranging research in his treasury of chicken lore. . . . A diverting excursion through the coop and beyond.” —Kirkus Reviews

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