Pigeons: the fascinating saga of the world's most revered and reviled bird.
New York: Grove Press, 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper. Pigeons are athletes of the highest caliber. While racehorses receive all the glory with their 35 mph sprints around a one-mile racetrack, homing pigeons--a mere pound of flesh and feathers--routinely fly more than five hundred miles in a single day at speeds exceeding...