Gay-Neck
Subtitle: the story of a pigeon
By: Illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff.
Contributors: Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899- ill.
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Co.; Dutton Children's Books
Published: 1927
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 197
Copyright date: 1927
Subjects: Pigeons -- Juvenile literature.; Pigeons -- Fiction.; India -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Fiction.
Description: The story of the training of a carrier pigeon and its service during the First World War, revealing the bird's courageous and spirited adventures over the housetops of an Indian village, in the Himalayan Mountains, and on the French battlefield.
Notes: Newbery Award, 1928, bound in purple cloth with gold stamping. The First Edition does not mention any later printings on the copyright page, reprints are noted. The First Edition also will not mention anything about the Newbery Award in the book or on the binding or jacket.