Philip Levy is Professor of History at the University of South Florida and the author of The Permanent Resident: Excavations and Explorations of George Washington's Life (Virginia).
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Introduction: Kiev's Story 1. "But... this is a city": Albany's Yard Birds 2. Hen Fever 3. Confinement and Banishment 4. Hipsters, Humor, Fashion, and Chickens 5. Touring the Coops 6. The Art of Food Security 7. Who Killed Colonel? 8. A Blessing in the Book of Life 9. Viruses Get the Last Word Coda: Here to Stay
"This is a cultural phenomenon worth the telling, written with a clear and engaging authorial voice. It is erudite, sophisticated, witty, and accessible." - Garry Marvin, author of Wolf "Over five millennia, chickens have emerged as one of the most important domesticated animals in the development of civilization. Levy is an outstanding writer, and deserves praise for his deep appreciation for the most important bird in our lives, and his ability to examine what it means, often in cultural anthropological terms, to live intimately and in intimate proximity to people with this animal--an urban chicken. A really lovely book." - Jeffrey Greene, author of The Golden-Bristled Boar: Last Ferocious Beast of the Forest