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Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird Diary The public outcry over theDescription By Andrew D. Blechman Paperback Pigeons have been worshipped as fertility goddesses and revered as symbols of peace. Domesticated since the dawn of man, theyve been used as crucial communicators in war by every major historical superpower from ancient Egypt to the United States and are credited with saving thousands of lives. Charles Darwin relied heavily on pigeons to help formulate and support his theory of evolution. Yet today they are