Our Greys Discussed in Literature!

[JillyBeanz]

I was flicking around the internet and found this really interesting list detailing our greys used in famous literature! I was most surprised about the Dr Doolittle one!!!

 

* The character 'Gerard' in Michael Crichton's novel, Next, is a transgenic African Grey.

 

* The character 'Madison' in Dick King Smith's novel Harry's Mad is an African Grey Parrot.

 

* The character 'Methuselah' in Barbara Kingsolver's novel The Poisonwood Bible is an African Grey Parrot.

 

* Friendly Feathers: Life with Pierre, an African Grey Parrot by Dr. Fran Smith, illustrated by Deon Matzen, ISBN 978-0-615-22232-5

 

* The bird owned by the character 'Linus Steinman' in The Final Solution (novel) by Michael Chabon is an African Grey.

 

* In the book, We'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews, an African grey parrot helps protagonist Meg Lanslow nab the bad guy.

 

* In the book, Sick as a Parrot by Liz Evans, the parrot in the title is an African grey parrot.

 

* Cat Marsala, the main protagonist in "Hard Christmas" by Barbara D'Amato, has a pet African grey parrot named Long John Silver.

 

* In the book Somebody Else's Summer, Bilbo was an African Grey Parrot who belonged to George Carr.

* The character 'Polynesia' in Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle children's novels is an African Grey Parrot.

[jessdecutie18]

That's neat Jill I'll have to look some of those books up!