Lesser Beasts: A Snout-To-Tail History of the Humble Pig
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Unlike other barnyard animals, which pull plows, give eggs or milk, or grow wool, a pig produces only one thing: meat. Incredibly efficient at converting almost any organic matter into nourishing, delectable protein, swine are nothing short of a gastronomic godsend--yet their flesh is banned in many cultures, and the animals themselves are maligned as filthy, lazy brutes. As historian Mark Essig reveals in Lesser Beasts, swine have such a bad...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0465052746
ISBN13:9780465052745
Release Date:May 2015
Publisher:Basic Books
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.98 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"
Age Range:13 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 8 to Postsecondary
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