Gay-Neck the Story of a Pigeon
by Mukerji, Dhan Gopal
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Tolar, Texas, United States
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About This Item
NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1966. Cover rubbed, chipped. Pages clean and tight.. Fifty-fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Artzybasheff, Boris. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library.
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
- Seller
- Top Notch books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 303732
- Title
- Gay-Neck the Story of a Pigeon
- Author
- Mukerji, Dhan Gopal
- Illustrator
- Artzybasheff, Boris
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Fifty-fourth Printing
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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