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Found: WW1 or WW2 about a carrier pigeon?

1MiserableFlower
Feb 16, 2025, 11:24 am

Read it more than 10 years ago so the details are vague. Set during World War 1 or 2 and it was about a carrier pigeon. I believe it was in the perspective of the bird but Im not a 100% sure on that part now. The cover at the time was blue and white with leaves or maybe feathers on the cover.

Does it possibly ring a bell for anyone?

2AbigailAdams26
Edited: Feb 16, 2025, 11:48 am

>1 MiserableFlower: Gay Neck: The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji, perhaps? Published in 1927, it won the Newbery Medal in 1928, and told the story of a carrier pigeon before, during and after WWI.

It looks like there is a light blue cover on a more recent edition.

3lilithcat
Feb 16, 2025, 1:39 pm

>1 MiserableFlower:

This probably isn’t what you’re looking for (different cover, too recent), but it’s a wonderful book.

Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey, by Kathleen Rooney. The title characters (the first is the carrier pigeon) alternate narrating chapters.

4MiserableFlower
Feb 18, 2025, 10:18 am

>2 AbigailAdams26: Honestly I think thats it. The cover doesn't look like what I was looking for at all, but the title sounds familiar, so Im pretty sure thats it. Thanks

5MiserableFlower
Feb 18, 2025, 10:20 am

>3 lilithcat: Sounds interesting, I'll check it out. Thank you.