Secrets of the Cat

Its Lore, Legend, and Lives

Barbara Holland (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2010
William Morrow Paperbacks (Verlag)
978-0-06-197804-3 (ISBN)

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Offers analysis and fresh observations about felines both high and low - including Winston Churchill's ginger tom, who attended cabinet meetings; Teddy Roosevelt's cat Slippers, who came to dinner; and, the author's own cat George II, who was bitten by a mouse and adopted by a blue jay.

The more-or-less domestic feline intrigues us as no other animal can. But what is going on behind those luminous eyes? Barbara Holland reveals a refreshingly candid view of cats: their history, lore, intelligence, and relations with people and each other. This is a lively appreciation of cats as you know them, with witty analysis and fresh observations about felines both high and low - including Winston Churchill's ginger tom, who attended cabinet meetings; Teddy Roosevelt's cat Slippers, who came to dinner; and, even the author's own cat George II, who was bitten by a mouse and adopted by a blue jay. Barbara Holland's warm, vivid speculations on their life and times, their social, psychic, and mythological legacy, and their impenetrable mysteries, offer a delightful and loving cat's eye view of the world.

Barbara Holland's books include Secrets of the Cat, Hail to the Chief, and One's Company. Her articles have appeared in Arts and Entertainment, Country Journal, and Smithsonian. She lives in Bluemont, Virginia.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.2010
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 203 mm
Gewicht	184 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
ISBN-10	0-06-197804-3 / 0061978043
ISBN-13	978-0-06-197804-3 / 9780061978043
Zustand	Neuware