Synopses & Reviews
A must-have book for cat lovers everywhere, this is a purr-fectly charming compendium of facts, myths, anecdotes, statistics, misconceptions, historical trivia, and more about cats throughout the ages.Arranged as a true miscellany, the book is an extraordinary box of delights that can be read from cover to cover or dipped into at whim. Here are true stories of famous cats, quotations, statistics, legends, practical advice, biological and physiological information, strange tales (and tails)-and everywhere, cats: famous and notorious, beautiful and scarred, clever and dopey, young and old, great and small, from every age of man's long, admiring, and utterly subservient association with the feline master race.Decorated with charming black-and-white illustrations throughout, peppered with sayings and quotations from such luminaries as Leonardo da Vinci, Mark Twain, Garrison Keillor, T. S. Eliot, and Samuel Johnson, and filled with magnificent cats and the humans who have owned and loved them, Cats' Miscellany is a book sure to entrance cat lovers the world over.
Synopsis
A must-have book for cat lovers everywhere.
About the Author
Lesley O'Mara lives in London, England, with her two rescued cats. In addition to leading a successful career in publishing, Ms. O'Mara has collected and compiled numerous anthologies of short stories about cats and dogs. Her most beloved collections include Best Loved Cat Stories, Great Cat Tales, and Classic Animal Stories.