The basis for Emmy Award Winning TV Movie starring Michael Landon and Art Carney.

This is a special, inspiring book that will touch anyone who has ever been ten years old, loved a special pet, or had a special grandfather.

Hugh Baldwin was ten years old the spring he became a man. It was not easy growing so wise so young.

Hugh's grandfather was his closest friend. The two had been pigeon-racing partners since Hugh was old enough to let a pigeon perch on the palm of his hand. And today was the day they had worked, trained, and waited for---today was the day Hugh's own pigeon, the prized Dickens, would begin his first 600-mile concourse.

The day was a test for Hugh as well; it was the day he began his race to adulthood.

He and grandfather drove the birds to the clubhouse. The two fanciers went to calm themselves, have some lunch. It was then that grandfather suffered a stroke.

As Dickens battles through 600 miles of winds, storms, predatory animals, and hunter. Hugh is left to grapple with battles of his own.

How could Dickens win if the old man were to die? How could Dickens lose if his grandfather had assured Hugh he would win? How could his grandfather want to go on if he couldn't lift a hand to perch a pigeon or lift his head to see a bird wing through the sky? How does one reconcile the possibility of death with the nearness and memories of life?

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• Literature & FictionGenre FictionComing of Age

• Publication Date: December 11, 2019
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• Print Length: 110 Pages
• File Size: 827 KB