Living With Pigs

Winston Churchill once said: "I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down. Pigs treat us as equals." This may be one reason for many people's fascination with pigs, but a more likely reason might be the international love of the delicious meals made from them. In America less than a century ago, there were family farms where people raised, among other things, livestock for market and for the family's consumption. Nearly all of these family farms raised a litter or two of pigs. The antics and behavior of pigs are well known, and anybody who feels affection for these intelligent, mischievous animals will certainly enjoy this book. As the world has changed, so too has the family farm, which has all but disappeared from the American landscape. Bob Artley's evocative drawings hark back to the time of his childhood in Iowa--when whole families put their backs into keeping food on the table, and the things they ate grew a few feet from where they sat to eat it. A fitting tribute not only to the American family farm, but also to the quirks and foibles of porcine behavior, Living with Pigs will amuse and inform for generations to come.Artley, Bob is the author of 'Living With Pigs' with ISBN 9781589801042 and ISBN 1589801040.