War Pigeons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook War Pigeons write by Elizabeth G. Macalaster. This book was released on 2020-10-08. War Pigeons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For more than seven decades, homing pigeons provided the U.S. military with its fastest most reliable means of communication. Originally bred for racing in the early 1800s, homing pigeons were later trained by pigeoneers to fly up to 60 mph for hundreds of miles, and served the United States for almost 75 years, through four wars on four continents. Barely weighing a pound, these extraordinary birds carried messages in and out of gas, smoke, exploding bombs and gunfire. They flew through jungles, deserts and mountains, not faltering even when faced with large expanses of ocean to cross. Sometimes they arrived nearly dead from wounds or exhaustion, refusing to give up until they reached their objective. This book is the first complete account of the remarkable service that homing pigeons provided for the American armed forces, from its fledgling beginnings after the Civil War to the birds' invaluable role in communications in every branch of the U.S. military through both World Wars and beyond. Personal narratives, primary sources and news articles tell the story of the pigeons' recruitment and training in the U.S., their deployment abroad and use on the home front.
War with Pigeons
War with Pigeons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook War with Pigeons write by Tae Kim. This book was released on 2010-10-01. War with Pigeons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At its heart, the book is a story of love, loss and hope, whether it's in the context of one courageous woman's hardships in coming to America, the sufferings of her son to secure love in an unsympathetic world or the struggles of a beautiful woman to continue on the path of life after her beloved has departed.
Signal Pigeon Company
Signal Pigeon Company - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Signal Pigeon Company write by United States. War Department. This book was released on 1944. Signal Pigeon Company available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey
Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey write by Kathleen Rooney. This book was released on 2020-08-11. Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Both heartbreaking and sharply funny...Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey is brilliant and surprising at every turn."--Rebecca Makkai, Pulitzer finalist for The Great Believers A heart-tugging and gorgeously written novel based on the incredible true story of a WWI messenger pigeon and the soldiers whose lives she forever altered, from the author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk. From the green countryside of England and the gray canyons of Wall Street come two unlikely heroes: one a pigeon and the other a soldier. Answering the call to serve in the war to end all wars, neither Cher Ami, the messenger bird, nor Charles Whittlesey, the Army officer, can anticipate how their lives will briefly intersect in a chaotic battle in the forests of France, where their wills will be tested, their fates will be shaped, and their lives will emerge forever altered. A saga of hope and duty, love and endurance, as well as the claustrophobia of fame, Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey is a tragic yet life-affirming war story that the world has never heard. Inspired by true events of World War I, Kathleen Rooney resurrects two long-forgotten yet unforgettable figures, recounting their tale in a pair of voices that will change the way that readers look at animals, freedom, and even history itself.
The Pigeons that Went to War
The Pigeons that Went to War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Pigeons that Went to War write by Gordon H. Hayes. This book was released on 1981-01-01. The Pigeons that Went to War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
