{"product_id":"adventures-with-mr-x-an-x-traordinary-rooster-9780961584856","title":"Adventures with Mr. X: An X-Traordinary Rooster!","description":"The \u003ci\u003eAdventures with Mr. X\u003c\/i\u003e is the tale of a very special rooster and his travels throughout the US.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHome-hatched and hand-raised by noted horticulturist Rosalind Creasy and her physicist husband Robert, Mr. X claimed them as his \"flock.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor many years, as Ros and Robert traveled the US, their beloved rooster often went along as companion and wingman. Affectionate, opinionated, and very much his own bird, this feisty fowl gamely took on all challenges that came his way, all the while making friends and evoking smiles wherever he went.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this warm-hearted chronicle of 14 years with Mr. X, you're invited to travel along with him as he: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Herds sheep in New Mexico\u003cbr\u003e- Faces down lobsters in Maine and peahens in Texas\u003cbr\u003e- Judges a chili cook-off on Long Island\u003cbr\u003e- Appears on Good Morning America in New York City\u003cbr\u003e- Becomes a connoisseur of French fries from drive-in windows nationwide\u003cbr\u003e- Poses for tourist photos in Times Square\u003cbr\u003e- Cheers residents of a Florida nursing home\u003cbr\u003e- Hosts rousing parties back home in California\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThink you can't be utterly charmed by a rooster? Think again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRosalind Creasy\u003c\/strong\u003e is a garden and food writer, photographer, and landscape designer with a passion for beautiful vegetables and fruits, and the conviction that gardening should be an ecologically positive endeavor. (For her, that also includes chickens.) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe has written 17 books and has sold over half a million copies of them. Her lectures and instructive YouTube videos, as well as appearances on hundreds of radio shows and many television interviews, have exposed millions to her work. For a number of years, Rosalind wrote a popular gardening column for the Associated Press through the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMs. Creasy's front-yard \"edible landscape\" garden has been pictured in her best-selling books, on glossy calendars, in newspaper articles, and has been featured in magazines like \u003cem\u003eTime, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eFamily Circle\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBetter Homes \u0026amp; Gardens. \u003c\/em\u003eShe has written articles (and provided luscious photography) for numerous magazines, including \u003cem\u003eWoman's Day, Horticulture, Organic Gardening, Fine Gardening\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCountry Living Gardener\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Metamorphic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260102803730,"sku":"9780961584856","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_181f6d0d-c862-4bda-acb5-75a33ce65fdc.jpg?v=1746636344","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/adventures-with-mr-x-an-x-traordinary-rooster-9780961584856","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}