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008 080324s2008 nyua b 000 0 eng
010 2008013386
019 179806431
020 9780061259166
020 0061259160
035 (OCoLC)214285938
035 (OCoLC)214285938|z(OCoLC)179806431
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050 00 QL696.C63|bH86 2008
082 00 598.6/5|222
100 1 Humphries, Courtney,|d1977-
245 10 Superdove :|bhow the pigeon took Manhattan-- and the world
/|cCourtney Humphries.
250 First edition.
264 1 New York :|bSmithsonian Books :|bCollins,|c2008.
300 x, 196 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-196).
505 1 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.
520 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.
650 0 Pigeons|vAnecdotes.
856 42 |3Contributor biographical information|uhttp://www.loc.gov
/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2008013386-b.html
856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/
enhancements/fy0911/2008013386-d.html
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