A Field Guide to Pigs
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Book Overview
With more than five hundred breeds and varieties, pigs can be found in all shapes and sizes, and on every continent except Antarctica. Although swine have roamed fields and forests for centuries, this guide is the first to offer easy-to-understand descriptions and illustrations of thirty-six of the most popular and intriguing breeds. A Field Guide to Pigs is a one stop reference for little known facts, fascinating tidbits about pig behavior and etiquette. The book has a timeline of pig history, a list of famous and remarkable pigs, pig quotes and much more.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0142002216
ISBN13:9780142002216
Release Date:June 2002
Publisher:Penguin Group
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 7.5" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Cute and informative
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
This is not a how to book on pig-farming. It is informative about miscellaneous facts and has good breed information. Best of all, it is written in a light-hearted, entertaining manner.
great guide to caring for your pig
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
a great guide for the new owner of pigs. I have three, pets only, but knew very little about them before they joined the family. They are very bright animals and the book is great source of informations. good price too.
Piggelicious
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This book is absolutely delightful! Few of us are aware how rich and varied our farm yard animal's history is. This is a great book for adults and kids alike. It is full of facts and also has small fun tidbits of "useless" (if there is such a thing)information that tickles your funny bone.
Oink!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This is a book that goes hog-wild with descriptions of twenty-four varieties of domesticated pig and thirteen of their wild relatives. It is larded with many interesting and important facts about the development of today's common breeds. Although the author does ham it up with some of his observations, he has succeeded in fashioning a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Great book for those who admire the noble pig!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This book is delightful...for those of us who are infatuated with these bristly critters, it gives all the loose-end info that the other books don't. From tail-curling descriptions to grunt analysis, this book brings home the bacon. It included pig folk sayings, poems, pig songs, pig superstitions.. and the piggy illustrations were extremely detailed and captivating, if you adore porkers! It's a fun book to page through, and is chock full of obscure piggy facts that you would never find anywhere else, such as pig trails of past times, or the four varieties of spam. I am sure that any pig lover would be perusing through it as fast as I did.
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