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Dhan Gopal Mukerji

Gay Neck, The Story of a Pigeon & Ghond The Hunter

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Take flight with Gay-Neck, the passenger pigeon with a shimmery throat, his kind young master and Ghond, the wildlife expert, on their adventures in a village, across the Himalayas and to a battlefield in France. In this heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking tale, soar through Gay-Neck's encounters with hawks and eagles, his quests with the swifts and a monk, and finally his heroic service as a bearer of messages filled with love and courage during the First World War.A prequel to Gay-Neck's internationally renowned story, Ghond the Hunter focuses on the first fifteen years in the life of Gay-Neck's trainer, Ghond. The young boy's initiation… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-93-5195-085-1
  • EAN: 9789351950851
  • Produktnummer: 22799151
  • Verlag: Hachette India
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
  • Seitenangabe: 340 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 1'785 KB
  • Abbildungen: Black and White
  • Sonstiges: Ab 10 - 16 J.

Über den Autor


Dhan Gopal Mukerji (1890-1936) was the only Indian-American writer to have won the John Newbery Medal in1928 for his distinguished contribution to American Literaturefor Children. Born in a jungle village, Kajangal, near Calcutta,India, he went to the United States at the age of 19. Educated atthe University of California and Stanford University, Mukerjiwas the first popular Indian writer in English. He began hismost prolific period of writing when he moved to New York inthe 1920s. Kari the Elephant was the first to see publication, in1922, followed by Hari the Jungle Lad in 1924 and Gay-Neck,the Story of a Pigeon in 1927.

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