Contrary to their “rats of the sky” nickname, the pigeon is an intelligent and clean bird. They’ve been used as messengers during wartime, and many celebrities, including Marlon Brando and Elvis Presley, have kept them as pets.
In Brian Buckbee’s memoir, ‘We Should All Be Birds,” we meet a few that were instrumental during the darkest days of the author’s life; a chronic and mysterious illness kept him in almost constant pain, regularly fatigued and isolated.
