Gay-Neck the Story of a Pigeon
by Mukerji, Dhan Gopal
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good /Good
- Seller
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St. Charles, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon is a 1928 children's novel by Dhan Gopal Mukerji that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1928. It deals with the life of Gay Neck, a prized Indian pigeon. Mukerji wrote that "the message implicit in the book is that man and winged animals are brothers. " He stated that much of the book is based on his boyhood experiences with a flock of forty pigeons and their leader, as the boy in the book is Mukerji himself.
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Details
- Seller
- Julie's Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 026341
- Title
- Gay-Neck the Story of a Pigeon
- Author
- Mukerji, Dhan Gopal
- Illustrator
- Artzybasheff, Boris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifty-First Printing
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- JUVENILE-FICTION, CARRIER PIGEONS, INDIA, MESSENGERS, PIGEONS - TRAINING, WAR HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS, PETS, BIRDS (PIGEONS), JOHN NEWBERY MEDAL AWARD WINNER, Juvenile Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile Literature;
- Product_type
- Ex-Library
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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