Breasted

The threat of extinction is real; because of the Broad Breasted White’s domination, many of these heritage varieties are maintained by a small number of poultry handlers.

Wendy Gordon: The Blessing of Variety: An Eco-Omnivore's Thanksgiving Wendy Gordon 2011

Heritage breeds were all but lost when industrial-scale poultry operations took over the market with the fast-growing Broad Breasted White, now found everywhere and so overbred it is incapable of carrying its own weight, much less flying or mating naturally.

Wendy Gordon: The Blessing of Variety: An Eco-Omnivore's Thanksgiving Wendy Gordon 2011

Toby Wilkinson's "The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt" stands in the great tradition of Breasted but incorporates much new archaeological information.

Beyond the Pharaohs Joseph Manning 2011

The threat of extinction is real; because of the Broad Breasted White’s domination, many of these heritage varieties are maintained by a small number of poultry handlers.

Wendy Gordon: The Blessing of Variety: An Eco-Omnivore's Thanksgiving Wendy Gordon 2011

Heritage breeds were all but lost when industrial-scale poultry operations took over the market with the fast-growing Broad Breasted White, now found everywhere and so overbred it is incapable of carrying its own weight, much less flying or mating naturally.

Wendy Gordon: The Blessing of Variety: An Eco-Omnivore's Thanksgiving Wendy Gordon 2011

Mr. Wilkinson's account shares with Breasted's one unfortunate flaw— epitomized by this book's title.

Beyond the Pharaohs Joseph Manning 2011

Breasted's "History" ends, rather poetically, with the Persian occupation of Egypt in 525 B.C.

Beyond the Pharaohs Joseph Manning 2011

One can still profitably turn to a classic account such as James Henry Breasted's "A History of Egypt" 1905.

Beyond the Pharaohs Joseph Manning 2011

Breasted was the first Professor of Egyptology in the U.S. and the founder of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.

Beyond the Pharaohs Joseph Manning 2011

The threat of extinction is real; because of the Broad Breasted White’s domination, many of these heritage varieties are maintained by a small number of poultry handlers.

Wendy Gordon: The Blessing of Variety: An Eco-Omnivore's Thanksgiving Wendy Gordon 2011