Veteran journalist Andrew Lawler delivers a "fascinating and delightful...globetrotting tour" (Wall Street Journal) with the animal that has been most crucial to the spread of civilization--the chicken.

In a masterful combination of historical sleuthing and journalistic adventure, veteran reporter Andrew Lawler "opens a window on civilization, evolution, capitalism, and ethics" (New York) with a fascinating account of the most successful of all cross-species relationships--the partnership between human and chicken. This "splendid book full of obsessive travel and research in...