The History of the Hen Fever

by George Pickering Burnham

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192 pages, Paperback

First published December 20, 2005

About the author

George Pickering Burnham (1814-1902)

Reviews

[Katherine]

I owe this book one favor: without it, I would never have known of the fancy-chicken "bubble" of the 1850s in the United States. However, I still feel a little confused as to how this is a "humorous" record. I could occasionally spy a wry twist, but I never did make up my mind as to how truthful any of the account was. Maybe "humorous account" meant something different in 1856.

[Iamreddave]

1850s scam artist writes up how he ran the bored apes bubble of his day.
Winning prizes where he is the judge. Getting endorsements from Queen Victoria like the Elon Musk meme coin of it's day.

One difference is this bubble did actually produce better chickens which was useful.