Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
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This is the heartwarming and sometimes almost heartbreaking story of the training and care of a carrier pigeon.
Author: | Dhan Gopal Mukerji |
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ISBN: | 9788123724881 |
Publisher: | NBT |
Binding: | Center Stapled |
Pages: | 148 |
Year of Publication: | 1998 |
Edition: | First |
Condition: | New |
Country of Origin: | India |
About the Author
The author was born in 1890 near Calcutta, the son of Brahmin parents whose family for centuries had the ministry of a temple near Calcutta. He went to America at the age of nineteen, went through the Universities of California and Stanford, married an American, and spent the rest of his life lecturing and writing in America. He became the first Indian to win the Newbery Medal for outstanding children's literature for his book Gay-Neck. Some of his other books include Kari the Elephant and Hari the Jungle Lad.
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