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02069aam a2200385 4500 001 348A5E4E538D11EE852D3C9B35ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230915010037 008 230607s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2022024612 020 $a 1666394025 020 $a 9781666394023 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Yomtov, Nelson., $e author. 245 1 $a Cher Ami comes through : $b heroic carrier pigeon of World War I / $c by Nel Yomtov ; illustrated by Mark Simmons. 264 1 $a North Mankato, MN : $b Capstone Press, $c 2023. 300 $a 32 p. : $b col. ill., maps ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 $a World War I - The Great War -- Into the fire -- Surrounded! -- The bird has flown -- World War I savior pigeon. 520 $a In October 1918, World War I had been raging in Europe for more than four years. When Major Charles Whittlesey led the U.S. 77th Division into France's Argonne Forest, his troops were soon surrounded and cut off from escape by German forces. Things became even more dangerous when the division came under friendly fire from U.S. forces. The troops' only hope was to send a carrier pigeon named Cher Ami with a desperate message to stop the attack. Read all about the brave little pigeon that carried out a dangerous mission to deliver a desperate message across a deadly battlefield. $c Provided by publisher. 521 $a 4 $b Capstone Press. 521 2 $a 3-5 $b Capstone Press. 526 $a Accelerated Reader $b MG $c 3.9 $d 0.5 $z 519029. 541 $d 20230614. 650 $a Cher Ami (Pigeon.) 650 $a World War, 1914-1918 $x Communications. 650 $a Homing pigeons $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a Famous animals $z United States. 650 $a Graphic novels. 655 7 $a Comic books, strips, etc. 700 $a Simmons, Mark, $e illustrator. 941 $a 2 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20231109010605.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20230915010500.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=348A5E4E538D11EE852D3C9B35ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search