{"product_id":"cher-ami-and-major-whittlesey-a-novel","title":"Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey: A Novel","description":"\"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\n\nA 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.\n\nFrom 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.\n\nA 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 readers look at animals, freedom, and even history itself.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0143135422\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0143135422.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Rooney, Kathleen\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41509142528058,"sku":"DBV.0143135422.G","price":4.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0143135422-0.jpg?v=1783390582","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/cher-ami-and-major-whittlesey-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}