The Hog Book Author:William Hedgepeth "Where does the hog come from? Where is he going? And if it's true that the modern hog is onto something important.... then what is it? — 'The Hog Book' is an odyssey that will spirit you into a new vision of the porcine race. In it the author has probed to record depths to uncover the mysteries enshrouding swinedom, such as: — Why did ancient ... more »Egyptians, Jews, Greeks, Romans, Celts, Chinese, Hindus, Melanesians and other people worship hogs - and why are secret hog cults blossoming in the U.S. today?
Why does American's #1 hog raising state have so little violetn crime?
Why do we sense such odd tremors of kinship and commonality in the presence of a lone porker?
How are hogs different from anything you've ever heard about them?
Why have hogs staged this comeback in today's culture?
How can we creat a relationship that doesn't encourage either party to eat members of the other sepcies (except on special occasions or when it can't be helped)?
Here is the truth about hogs, their lige styles and their longings, their mad and wondrous ways - complete with illustrations, photographs, charts and a cast of thousands. 'The Hog Book' divulges the last word on farmers, hog raising, boar hunting, pig language and the porcine potential. Here are hogs in history; hogs in mythology and ritual; hogs in art, sport and show biz; hogs in love. Here are hog poems, songs and proposals outlining freshly radical roles for hogs to play in the new age. In short, here is that forever beguiling creature, the common porker, sus domesticus: the hot blooded, whole hearted, intelligent, nimblefooted, fastidious and indefatigable hog that nobody knows."« less