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Gay-Neck : the story of a pigeon / by Dhan Gopal Mukerji ; illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1954.Description: 191 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0525304002
Subject(s): Summary: The story of the training of a carrier pigeon and its service during the First World War, revealing the bird's courageous and spirited adventures over the housetops of an Indian village, in the Himalayan Mountains, and on the French battlefield.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's Mukerji, Dhan Gopal 1928 Available Newbery/Caldecott Award Winner 33111003049349
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Writing out of his own experience as a boy in India, Dhan Gopal Mukerji tells how Gay Neck's master sent his prized pigeon to serve in Word War I, and of how, because of his exceptional training and his brave heart, Gay Neck served his new masters heroically. Winner of the 1928 Newbery Medal.

The story of the training of a carrier pigeon and its service during the First World War, revealing the bird's courageous and spirited adventures over the housetops of an Indian village, in the Himalayan Mountains, and on the French battlefield.

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