Many people consider the ubiquitous pigeon to be a pest.
In Pigeons , Blechman tells for the first time the remarkable story behind this seemingly unremarkable bird..
Blechman participates in a live pigeon shoot where entrants pay $150; he tracks down Mike Tyson, the nation\'s Most famous pigeon lover; he spends time with Queen Elizabeth\'s Royal Pigeon Handler; and he sheds light on a radical pro-pigeon underground\' in New York City.
Pigeons captures a Brooklyn man\'s quest to win the Main Event (the pigeon world\'s equivalent of the Kentucky Derby), as well as a convention dedicated to breeding the perfect bird.
Blechman traveled across the United States and Europe to meet with pigeon fanciers and pigeon haters in a quest to find out how we came to misunderstand one of mankind\'s Most helpful and steadfast companions.
Author Andrew D.
Yet today they are Reviled as rats with wings.
Charles Darwin relied heavily on pigeons to help formulate and support his theory of evolution.
Domesticated since the dawn of man, they\'ve been used as crucial communicators in war by every major historical superpower from ancient Egypt to the United States and are credited with saving thousands of lives.
Pigeons have been worshipped as fertility goddesses and Revered as symbols of peace.
But as Blechman demonstrates in his enjoyable and informative book, this much-maligned Bird has served humans well for thousands of years.
Many people consider the ubiquitous pigeon to be a pest
