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Cats, an illustrated miscellany, Frédéric Vitoux of the Académie française ; [translated from the French by David Radzinowicz]

eng

illustrations

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non fiction

Cats

856977676

Frédéric Vitoux of the Académie française ; [translated from the French by David Radzinowicz]

an illustrated miscellany

The cat's meow of a tribute to all aspects of the feline form. This handsome gift volume brings together a miscellany of anecdotes, facts, quotable quotes, and interesting stories that celebrate the beloved cat in all its guises. From the first apparitions of cats in Egyptian art and decoration to the story of Hemingway, who frequently left his house cat to babysit the writer's son Bumby, and from the beloved cartoon characters Felix the Cat, Sylvester, and Tom (Jerry's sidekick) to the history of the famous French Chat Noir cabaret and the jazz classic "Kitten on the Keys," this book offers a pastiche of interesting facts on all aspects of cats

Machine generated contents note: Abyssinian -- The Cheshire Cat -- Poetry in Motion -- Annunciation -- Baudelaire on Cats -- A Feline Odyssey: Bebert -- The Chat Noir Cabaret -- Cats: The Musical -- Chartreux -- Puss in Boots -- The Rabbi's Cat -- Colette -- In the Corner of a Painting -- Water Babies -- Writers and Their Cats -- Felix the Cat -- Origins -- Tweety and Sylvester -- Hemingway -- Highsmith -- Purveyors of Pedigrees -- Kipling -- "Kitten on the Keys" -- Fabulous La Fontaine -- Strays -- King Cat: Louis XIV -- The Cat Lectern -- Maine Coon -- Malraux -- Maneki Neko -- Manx -- Whiskers -- Birds -- Heartbreaks of an English She-Cat -- Persian -- Siamese -- Lights, Camera, Action! -- Sleeping and Dreaming -- Steinlen: Chronicler of Cats -- Cosseted Companions -- Tom and Jerry -- The Cats of Venice -- My Life in Cats -- Cat's Eyes

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