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001    ocn214285938 
003    OCoLC 
005    20090729010004.0 
008    080324s2008    nyua     b    000 0 eng   
010      2008013386 
019    179806431 
020    9780061259166 
020    0061259160 
035    (OCoLC)214285938 
035    (OCoLC)214285938|z(OCoLC)179806431 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC|dBAKER|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dC#P|dBWX|dCDX|dUPZ|dVP
       @|dIXA|dCQU|dPFO 
049    WHPP 
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 
938    YBP Library Services|bYANK|n2758076 
938    Blackwell Book Service|bBBUS|nR5729876|c$24.95 
938    Coutts Information Services|bCOUT|n6562066 
938    Baker & Taylor|bBKTY|c24.95|d18.71|i0061259160|n0007496867
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994    02|bWHP 
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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  598.65 HUMPHRIES    Check Shelf
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