The Complete Chicken: An Entertaining History of Chickens
The Complete Chicken: An Entertaining History pays tribute to the chicken as a cultural icon. The book is the culmination of a decade of research by Pam Percy, originally published in 2002 by Voyageur Press. The new documentary film, Chicken City, is based on the findings in the book.
The Complete Chicken relates the history of chickens in various cultures from its origins in Southeast Asia to its importance in Greece, Rome, Egypt, Africa and throughout Europe before making its way to America with the Pilgrims.
The book describes the history and characteristics of many of the various breeds of chickens, from industry chickens to fancy "show" birds to fighting cocks.
In culture, the chicken plays an important role in religion, and in the history of art, music, literature, film and pop culture. In art from Picasso, to Milton Avery, Grant Wood to Marc Chagall, almost every artist has a chicken in their body of work. In film, there is Chicken Run, The Egg and I and Rocky, not to mention cartoon legend Foghorn Leghorn and radio classic Chickenman.
Beyond the Chicken Dance, Chuck Berry, Merle Haggard, Louis Jordan and others sang about chickens. And in literature, Aesop, Shakespeare, Hans Christian Anderson and Mark Twain reflected on chickens.
The Complete Chicken is filled with beautiful images of "chickenalia" or objects in the form of a chicken or with a chicken image: china, glass, papier-mache, wood tin, brass, etc.
After reading The Compete Chicken you will be chick-enlightened and know more about the chicken than you ever imagined.
The Complete Chicken: An Entertaining History pays tribute to the chicken as a cultural icon. The book is the culmination of a decade of research by Pam Percy, originally published in 2002 by Voyageur Press. The new documentary film, Chicken City, is based on the findings in the book.
The Complete Chicken relates the history of chickens in various cultures from its origins in Southeast Asia to its importance in Greece, Rome, Egypt, Africa and throughout Europe before making its way to America with the Pilgrims.
The book describes the history and characteristics of many of the various breeds of chickens, from industry chickens to fancy "show" birds to fighting cocks.
In culture, the chicken plays an important role in religion, and in the history of art, music, literature, film and pop culture. In art from Picasso, to Milton Avery, Grant Wood to Marc Chagall, almost every artist has a chicken in their body of work. In film, there is Chicken Run, The Egg and I and Rocky, not to mention cartoon legend Foghorn Leghorn and radio classic Chickenman.
Beyond the Chicken Dance, Chuck Berry, Merle Haggard, Louis Jordan and others sang about chickens. And in literature, Aesop, Shakespeare, Hans Christian Anderson and Mark Twain reflected on chickens.
The Complete Chicken is filled with beautiful images of "chickenalia" or objects in the form of a chicken or with a chicken image: china, glass, papier-mache, wood tin, brass, etc.
After reading The Compete Chicken you will be chick-enlightened and know more about the chicken than you ever imagined.
The Complete Chicken: An Entertaining History pays tribute to the chicken as a cultural icon. The book is the culmination of a decade of research by Pam Percy, originally published in 2002 by Voyageur Press. The new documentary film, Chicken City, is based on the findings in the book.
The Complete Chicken relates the history of chickens in various cultures from its origins in Southeast Asia to its importance in Greece, Rome, Egypt, Africa and throughout Europe before making its way to America with the Pilgrims.
The book describes the history and characteristics of many of the various breeds of chickens, from industry chickens to fancy "show" birds to fighting cocks.
In culture, the chicken plays an important role in religion, and in the history of art, music, literature, film and pop culture. In art from Picasso, to Milton Avery, Grant Wood to Marc Chagall, almost every artist has a chicken in their body of work. In film, there is Chicken Run, The Egg and I and Rocky, not to mention cartoon legend Foghorn Leghorn and radio classic Chickenman.
Beyond the Chicken Dance, Chuck Berry, Merle Haggard, Louis Jordan and others sang about chickens. And in literature, Aesop, Shakespeare, Hans Christian Anderson and Mark Twain reflected on chickens.
The Complete Chicken is filled with beautiful images of "chickenalia" or objects in the form of a chicken or with a chicken image: china, glass, papier-mache, wood tin, brass, etc.
After reading The Compete Chicken you will be chick-enlightened and know more about the chicken than you ever imagined.