Barbara Holland

Secrets of the Cat

Its Lore, Legend, and Lives

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is really going on behind thoseluminous feline eyes? Affectionate yet aloof, intelligentand inquisitive yet dangerouslycareless, the more-or-lessdomesticated house catintrigues us as no other animal can.Now Barbara Holland offers cat loversa fascinating, funny, and refreshinglycandid look at their feline companions:their history, lore, and secrets, and theircomplicated relations with people andwith each other. Secrets of the Cat is a livelyappreciation of cats as we know andlove them, with witty analysis and freshobservations about felines both high andlow. Here are Winston Churchill’s gingertom, who attended cabinet meetings;Teddy Roosevelt’s cat, Slippers, whocame to dinner; and even the author’sown George II, who was bitten by amouse and adopted by a blue jay. BarbaraHolland’s warm, vivid speculations oncats’ lives and times—on their social,psychic, and mythological legacy, and theirimpenetrable mysteries—will give readersa delightful cat’s-eye view of the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 133mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 307g
• ISBN-13: 9780061978043
• ISBN-10: 0061978043
• Artikelnr.: 29923989

Autorenporträt

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.