 First edition | |
| Author | Daniel and Jill Pinkwater (as "D. Manus Pinkwater") |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Publisher | Prentice-Hall |
Publication date | 1977 |
| ISBN | 0-1339-2514-5 |
| OCLC | 608326953 |
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency is a 1977 children's book by Daniel and Jill Pinkwater. [1] The book may have been inspired by the Jersey Giant breed of chicken.[ citation needed ]
The main character, Arthur Bobowitz, is asked to pick up a reserved turkey for his family's Thanksgiving dinner. However, the meat market has lost their reservation, and has no unclaimed turkeys or any other type of bird available for purchase, nor does any other market in the entire city of Hoboken. Arthur eventually finds an eccentric old man, who sells him a live 266-pound chicken named Henrietta. The family welcomes Henrietta with open arms, but the neighbors are not so sure. Everyone in town is horrified after Henrietta escapes.
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency was adapted into a television movie in 1984. [2] It was adapted into a play by Chad Henry in 1988. [3]
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