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Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World´s Most Revered and Reviled Bird
Andrew D. Blechman
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Description for Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World´s Most Revered and Reviled Bird
paperback. Many people consider the ubiquitous pigeon to be a pest. But as Blechman demonstrates in his enjoyable and informative book, this much-maligned bird has served humans well for thousands of years. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
Pigeons have been worshipped as fertility goddesses and revered as symbols of peace. Domesticated since the dawn of man, they’ve been used as crucial communicators in war by every major historical superpower from ancient Egypt to the United States and are credited with saving thousands of lives. Charles Darwin relied heavily on pigeons to help formulate and support his theory of evolution. Yet today they are reviled as rats with wings.” Author Andrew D. Blechman traveled across the United States and Europe to meet with pigeon fanciers and pigeon haters in a quest to find out how we came to ... Read more
Pigeons have been worshipped as fertility goddesses and revered as symbols of peace. Domesticated since the dawn of man, they’ve been used as crucial communicators in war by every major historical superpower from ancient Egypt to the United States and are credited with saving thousands of lives. Charles Darwin relied heavily on pigeons to help formulate and support his theory of evolution. Yet today they are reviled as rats with wings.” Author Andrew D. Blechman traveled across the United States and Europe to meet with pigeon fanciers and pigeon haters in a quest to find out how we came to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
299g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780802143280
SKU
V9780802143280
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