The Global Pigeon

Author: Colin Jerolmack
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022600192X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food, its presence on our sidewalks is so common that people consider the bird a nuisance—if they notice it at all. Yet pigeons are also kept for pleasure, sport, and profit by people all over the world, from the “pigeon wars” waged by breeding enthusiasts in the skies over Brooklyn to the Million Dollar Pigeon Race held every year in South Africa. Drawing on more than three years of fieldwork across three continents, Colin Jerolmack traces our complex and often contradictory relationship with these versatile animals in public spaces such as Venice’s Piazza San Marco and London’s Trafalgar Square and in working-class and immigrant communities of pigeon breeders in New York and Berlin. By exploring what he calls “the social experience of animals,” Jerolmack shows how our interactions with pigeons offer surprising insights into city life, community, culture, and politics. Theoretically understated and accessible to interested readers of all stripes, The Global Pigeon is one of the best and most original ethnographies to be published in decades.

The Global Pigeon

Author: Colin Jerolmack
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022600189X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 293

The Pigeon Book

Author: Osman Alfred Henry
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780353132399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Superdove

Author: Courtney Humphries
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061259160
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 214

Book Description
Why do we see pigeons as lowly urban pests and how did they become such common city dwellers? Courtney Humphries traces the natural history of the pigeon, recounting how these shy birds that once made their homes on the sparse cliffs of sea coasts came to dominate our urban public spaces. While detailing this evolution, Humphries introduces us to synanthropy: The concept that animals can become dependent on humans without ceasing to be wild; they can adapt to the cityscape as if it were a field or a forest. Superdove simultaneously explores the pigeon's cultural transformation, from its life in the dovecotes of ancient Egypt to its service in the trenches of World War I, to its feats within the pigeon-racing societies of today. While the dove is traditionally recognized as a symbol of peace, the pigeon has long inspired a different sort of fetishistic devotion from breeders, eaters, and artists—and from those who recognized and exploited the pigeon's astounding abilities. Because of their fecundity, pigeons were symbols of fertility associated with Aphrodite, while their keen ability to find their way home made them ideal messengers and even pilots. Their usefulness largely forgotten, today's pigeons have become as ubiquitous and reviled as rats. But Superdove reveals something more surprising: By using pigeons for our own purposes, we humans have changed their evolution. And in doing so, we have helped make pigeons the ideal city dwellers they are today. In the tradition of Rats, the book that made its namesake rodents famous, Superdove is the fascinating story of the pigeon's journey from the wild to the city—the home they'll never leave.

The Archangel Or Gimpel Pigeon

Author: A. Goodall
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781533534453
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58

Book Description
This special re-print edition of A.A. Woodall's book "The Archangel Pigeon" contains all the information a person needs to master the basics of breeding and raising Archangel or Gimpel Pigeons, for backyard pleasure. Written in England in 1890, this famous booklet has hard to find details on raising this well known breed of Color Pigeon. Added to this are several rare and hard to find historical articles on this famous breed by various 19th century writers. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

A Feathered River Across the Sky

Author: Joel Greenberg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1620405369
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
This beautifully written cautionary tale reveals how passenger pigeons have become extinct and how no series effort was made to protect this species that inspired awe in the likes of John James Audubon, Henry David Thoreau and James Fenimore Cooper until it was too late.

Real Pigeons Peck Punches (Book 5)

Author: Andrew McDonald
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0593427238
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
It's a bird! It's... another bird? Well, actually it's a whole flock of crime-fighting pigeons! The hilarity continues in this reluctant-reader favorite, perfect for fans of BAD GUYS and DOG MAN. With the Real Pigeons World Wild Network, more pigeons are fighting crime than ever before! But that doesn't mean the squad can rest. There are still thieves to catch and endangered birds to protect! But what will the Real Pigeons do when they find a traitor in their own nest?!

The Pigeon Needs a Bath!

Author: Mo Willems
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
ISBN: 9781423190875
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The Pigeon really needs a bath! Except, the Pigeon's not so sure about that. Besides, he took a bath last month! Maybe. It's going to take some serious convincing to try and get the Pigeon to take the plunge.

The Pigeon Wars of Damascus

Author: Marius Kociejowski
Publisher: Biblioasis
ISBN: 1926845226
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329

Book Description
Marius Kociejowski follows up his now classic The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool with The Pigeon Wars of Damascus. A metaphysical journalist in search of echoes rather than analogies, hints as opposed to verities, Kociejowski discovers once again at the periphery of Damascene society—for the outcast is often made of the very thing that rejects him—a way to understand the challenges and changes refashioning post-9/11 Syria and the Middle East, reminding us once again of the deeper purpose of travel: to absorb and understand the spirit of a place, and to return changed.

It's a Busload of Pigeon Books! (NEW ISBN)

Author: Mo Willems
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
ISBN: 9781484725849
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
When Pigeon finds a delicious hot dog, he can't wait to devour it. But then along comes a sly duckling who wants a bite. Who will be the more clever bird?