Gay Neck the Story of a Pigeon
by Mukerji, Dhan
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0440840171
- ISBN 13
- 9780440840176
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Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1989. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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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- ThriftBooks (US)
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- Title
- Gay Neck the Story of a Pigeon
- Author
- Mukerji, Dhan
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0440840171
- ISBN 13
- 9780440840176
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
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