Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon, credited to Dhan Gopal Mukerji, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. First published in 1927, Mukerji's charming historical fiction novel was designated a Newbery Honor book in 1928. It follows the north-India and Himalayan adventures of a young boy and of a prized pigeon that he bonds with. We follow them through separations and reunions as they get lost and reunited and wander very far from home. These adventures are far-ranging, encompassing stays with Buddhist monks and a stint as a World War I messenger pigeon. Mukerji created a story that is entertaining for adults as well as the children it was intended for, and it remains so a century later. - Summary by Lynette Caulkins

Recording facts

• Recording title: Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
• Author credits: Dhan Gopal Mukerji
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 17
• Combined MP3 track duration: 4:07:09

Catalogue topics

• India
• himalayas
• pigeon
• newbery
• wwi messenger pigeons
• boyhood adventures

Track guide

1. 01 - Dedication and Part One, Chapter 1 - Birth of Gay Neck — 9:57
2. 02 - Part One, Chapter 2 - Education of Gay-Neck — 10:57
3. 03 - Part One, Chapter 3 - Training in Direction — 8:00
4. 04 - Part One, Chapter 4 - Gay-Neck in the Himalayas — 29:11
5. 05 - Part One, Chapter 5 - On Gay-Neck's Track — 23:07
6. 06 - Part One, Chapter 6 - Gay-Neck's Truancy — 5:27
7. 07 - Part One, Chapter 7 - Gay-Neck's Story — 13:15
8. 08 - Part One, Chapter 8 - Gay-Neck's Odyssey (Continued) — 19:05
9. 09 - Part Two, Chapter 1 - Gay-Neck's Training for War — 12:35
10. 10 - Part Two, Chapter 2 - War Training (Continued) — 20:24
11. 11 - Part Two, Chapter 3 - Mating of Gay-Neck — 10:40
12. 12 - Part Two, Chapter 4 - War Calls Gay-Neck — 12:05
13. 13 - Part Two, Chapter 5 - Second Adventure — 8:40
14. 14 - Part Two, Chapter 6 - Ghond Goes Reconnoitring — 12:56
15. 15 - Part Two, Chapter 7 - Gay-Neck Tells How He Carried the Message — 9:17
16. 16 - Part Two, Chapter 8 - Healing of Hate and Fear — 15:54
17. 17 - Part Two, Chapter 9 - The Wisdom of the Lama — 25:38

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