GAY-NECK THE STORY OF A PIGEON
by Mukerji, Dhan Gopal, Illustrated by BORIS ARTZYBASHEFF
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Bacova, Virginia, 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
- Windy Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 06441
- Title
- GAY-NECK THE STORY OF A PIGEON
- Author
- Mukerji, Dhan Gopal, Illustrated by BORIS ARTZYBASHEFF
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Publisher
- NY: EP Dutton, 1968
- Bookseller catalogs
- NEWBERY MEDAL; BIRDS;
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