GAY-NECK the Story of a Pigeon
by Mukerji, Dhan Gopal (1890-1936) ; Artybasheff,boris
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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HOUSTON, Texas, United States
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About This Item
E. P. Dutton. Fair with no dust jacket. 1929. Twentieth Printing. hardback. Bottom of spine patch of cloth cover missing, top of spineslightly frayed , text good, gift inscription front flyleaf; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches .
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
- Bookseller
- MAB Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 338278
- Title
- GAY-NECK the Story of a Pigeon
- Author
- Mukerji, Dhan Gopal (1890-1936) ; Artybasheff,boris
- Illustrator
- Artybasheff,boris
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Twentieth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Date Published
- 1929
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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