The Greatest Cat Stories Ever Told
Subtitle: Thirty Unforgettable Cat Tales
Edition: printing (1)
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Guilford, CT
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781585743650
Copyright date: 2001
Subjects: Cats; Fiction - General; Pets; Short Stories (Anthologies); Nature / Cats; Fiction; Cats - General
First sentence: IN THE ESTIMATION of his biographer Jimmy Breslin, Damon Runyon (1880-1936) invented Broadway.
Description: Next to keeping cats around the house, people apparently enioy writing about them. THE GREATEST CAT STORIES EVER TOLD will introduce you to a wide range of these writers and a wide range of felines: Rhubarb, the bad-tempered yellow tom who inherits a big-league baseball team; Lily, the seductive tortoiseshell who can wrap her owner around her little paw; George Eliot, the silver tabby who may be a bit of a hypochondriac; Calvin, the fastidious Maltese who was so well loved and well lamented; and Ming, the posses- Sive Siamese who develops a taste for blood; along with many other cats—every one of them a unique individual. Each story in this volume has been selected with the most finicky cat lover in mind, selected not only for their intrinsic literary value but also for their ability to convey that special something—that mysterious allure of the cat. --front flap
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION; title: LILLIAN; title: CATS' PARADISE; title: TOM QUARTZ; title: MING'S BIGGEST PREY; title: THE CHESHIRE CAT; title: THE GARDEN OF STUBBORN CATS; title: THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF; title: RHUBARB; title: THE CYPRIAN CAT; title: A CAT, A MAN, AND TWO WOMEN; title: PUSS-IN-BOOTS; title: MEHITABEL AND HER KITTENS; title: CALVIN: A STUDY OF CHARACTER; title: THE IMMORTAL CAT; title: TOBERMORY; title: GEORGE ELIOT: A MEDICAL STUDY; title: THE BLACK CAT; title: THE BLACK AND WHITE DYNASTIES; title: PIAZZA VITTORIO; title: AN INCIDENT; title: A BLACK AFFAIR; title: SCHRÖDINGER'S CAT; title: 1 AM A CAT; title: THE CAT THAT WENT TO TRINITY; title: THE AFFLICTIONS OF AN ENGLISH CAT; title: QUIXOTE AND THE CATS; title: MIDSHIPMAN, THE CAT; title: TOTAL LOSS; title: THE CAT; title: THE STORY OF WEBSTER; title: PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS