Gay-Neck The Story of A Pigeon
by Mukerji, Dhan Gopal
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Haddon Heights, New Jersey, United States
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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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- Bookseller
- Glading Hill Emporium (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio1682-AB63
- Title
- Gay-Neck The Story of A Pigeon
- Author
- Mukerji, Dhan Gopal
- Illustrator
- E.P. Dutton and Co.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 37th printing
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
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