December 4, 1998

America's Fascination With Things Porcine; 2 Historians Wrap Their Arms Around New York City

Are Americans obsessed with pigs? St. Martin's Press hopes so: To coincide with the arrival in theaters last week of Babe: Pig in the City, the publisher has released Hog Ties: Pigs, Manure, and Mortality in American Culture, by Richard P. Horwitz, a professor of American studies at the University of Iowa.

Early publicity from the press declared this country's "obsession" with things porcine, but the author

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