Project Gutenberg 2012-09-27 Public domain in the USA. 95 Burnham, Geo. P. (George Pickering) 1814 1902 Burnham, George P. (George Pickering) Burnham, G. P. (George Pickering) agr07001517 The History of the Hen Fever. A Humorous Record Produced by David Edwards, Veronika Redfern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The History of the Hen Fever. A Humorous Record" by Geo. P. Burnham is a humorous account written in the mid-19th century. The work explores the peculiar trend of poultry breeding, notably focusing on the "hen fever" phenomenon that captivated a wide swath of society, from farmers to city dwellers. The narrative seems to revolve around the lives of various poultry enthusiasts and the absurdities of the poultry trade during this period. The opening of the book introduces the author’s early experience with the chicken breeding craze, which began in his home in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1849. He recounts a conversation with a friend who boasts about his extensive variety of fowl, highlighting the eccentricities and ambitions of poultry farmers. From there, the author reflects on his own journey into the poultry world, including ordering the exotic Cochin-China breed and setting the stage for the first brilliant poultry exhibition in Boston. With vivid descriptions and ironic commentary, the opening sets up a whimsical tone, hinting at the humorous misadventures that will follow as more characters become ensnared in the feverish race for unusual and impressive fowls. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40872/40872-h/images/th_cover.png en Poultry SF Text Browsing: Humour 540195 540154 2024-09-17T08:37:04.522301 2023-09-18T03:54:41.458013 text/html text/html 548397 2012-09-26T19:34:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4518651 2012-09-27T10:07:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 4766961 2024-09-17T08:37:22.788194 application/epub+zip 4759377 2024-09-17T08:37:09.036310 application/epub+zip 267769 2024-09-17T08:37:05.501284 application/epub+zip 5159965 2024-09-17T08:37:31.026181 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5068252 2024-09-17T08:37:18.101207 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354390 2022-09-18T17:07:04.278678 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 453495 453287 2024-09-17T08:37:02.549782 2023-09-18T03:54:39.670992 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 453155 2012-09-26T19:34:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 176292 2012-09-27T10:07:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 453148 2012-09-26T19:34:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 176242 2012-09-27T10:07:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19762 2024-09-17T08:37:31.211144 application/rdf+xml 21566 2024-09-17T08:37:05.633286 image/jpeg 2678 2024-09-17T08:37:05.566290 image/jpeg 4523385 2024-09-17T08:37:04.721376 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog