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Superdove : how the pigeon took Manhattan-- and the world

Author: Courtney Humphries
Publisher: New York : Smithsonian Books : Collins, 2008.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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An evolutionary and cultural history of the pigeon takes readers from the dovecotes of ancient Egypt and trenches of World War I to the pigeon-racing societies and city park benches of the modern world, in an account that explores the pigeon's role as creature that is both wild and dependent on humans.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Courtney Humphries
ISBN: 9780061259166 0061259160
OCLC Number: 214285938
Description: x, 196 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Pigeon's progress -- Invited guests -- Darwin's metaphor -- Hopeful monsters -- Homing -- Hunt and peck -- Escape of the superdoves -- Squab is born -- Urban habitat -- Defining pigeons -- Pigeon mothers -- Origin.
Responsibility: Courtney Humphries.
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An evolutionary and cultural history of the pigeon takes readers from the dovecotes of ancient Egypt and trenches of World War I to the pigeon-racing societies and city park benches of the modern world, in an account that explores the pigeon's role as creature that is both wild and dependent on humans.

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