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Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Cat Stories

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Roger Caras has brought together a collection of tales by such master storytellers as Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe. Mark Twain, Saki. Stephen Vincent Benet. Fritz Leiber. PG. Wodehouse, Paul Gallico and Cordwainer Smith. who join in their respect and admiration for the mysterious and beautiful feline.

"Domestic cats emerged in Egypt between 1700 and 1600 BC, not at all coincidentally at the same time the Egvptians invented the silo and began to store grain. For virtually their entire history our tabbies and their kin have had an arcane relationship with us. We have worshipped them, feared them, made them demigods and the familiars of devils and witches, They have foretold happiness and despair and been the agent of both. We have painted them, sculpted them, etched them, incorporated them into our architecture. used them as trademarks, eye-catchers. mousers, and most important. as companions.

"Now. in our time. as the industrial revolution has just about completed its work Of urbanizing and suburbanizing formerly rural man, the cat, that ultimate companion animal, is coming into its own to a greater degree and at a ...

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Publisher
Galahad Books
Language
English
Pages
495

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Cover of: Roger Caras' treasury of great cat stories.
Roger Caras' treasury of great cat stories.
1990, Robson, Robson Books Ltd
in English
Cover of: Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Cat Stories
Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Cat Stories
1990, Galahad Books
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Roger Caras' treasury of great cat stories
Roger Caras' treasury of great cat stories
1990, Galahad Books
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Cat Stories
Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Cat Stories
1988, Truman Talley Books/Plume, Dutton
Paperback in English - paperback edition (1)
Cover of: Treasury of Great Cat Stories
Treasury of Great Cat Stories
October 1988, Robson Books Ltd
Hardcover
Cover of: Roger Caras' treasury of great cat stories.
Roger Caras' treasury of great cat stories.
1988, Robson, Robson Books Ltd
in English
Cover of: Roger Caras' treasury of great cat stories
Roger Caras' treasury of great cat stories
1987, E. P. Dutton
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Roger Caras' Cat Stories
Roger Caras' Cat Stories
March 24, 1987, Dutton Adult
Hardcover in English - 1st ed edition
Cover of: Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Cat Stories
Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Cat Stories
1987, Truman Talley Books/Plume
Paperback in English - printing (1)
Cover of: Roger Caras' Treasury of great cat stories.
Roger Caras' Treasury of great cat stories.
1987, Truman Talley
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Table of Contents

The cat that walked by himself / Rudyard Kipling --
The cat by the fire / Leigh Hunt --
The white cat / W.W. Jacobs --
The black cat / Edgar Allan Poe --
Cats / Philip Gilbert Hamerton --
The cat / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman --
Calvin, the cat / Charles Dudley Warner --
Ye marvelous legend of Tom Connor's cat / Samuel Lover --
Dick Baker's cat / Mark Twain --
The conscientious cat / Agnes A. Sandham --
He wrote to the rats / Julian Ralph --
The philanthropist and the happy cat ; Tobermory / Saki --
Midshipman, the cat / John Coleman Adams --
A black affair / W.W. Jacobs --
"When in doubt--wash!" ; Jennie's lessons to Peter on how to behave like a cat / Paul Gallico --
The witch's cat / Manly Wade Wellman --
A feline felony / Lael J. Littke --
The Cyprian cat / Dorothy L. Sayers --
Novice / James H. Schmitz --
The fat cat / Q. Patrick --
My father, the cat / Henry Slesar --
The sin of Madame Phloi / Lilian Jackson Braun --
The king of the cats / Stephen Vincent Benét --
The game of rat and dragon / Cordwainer Smith --
Podolo / L.P. Hartley --
Space-time for springers / Fritz Leiber --
Spooner / Eleanor Farjeon --
The story of Webster / P.G. Wodehouse --
Out of place / Pamela Sargent --
Cat nipped / Jack Schaefer --
The cat who lived in a drainpipe / Joan Aiken --
Some are born cats / Terry and Carol Carr --
Autumn : the garden of stubborn cats / Italo Calvino.

Edition Notes

Copyright Date
1987

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR1309.C36 C37 1993

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
495p.
Number of pages
495
Dimensions
9.1 x 6.3 x 1.6 inches
Weight
2.1 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8181279M
Internet Archive
rogercarastreasu00cara
ISBN 10
0883657635
ISBN 13
9780883657638
LCCN
86002200
OCLC/WorldCat
32319859
Library Thing
161492
Goodreads
61032092

Work Description

Contains:
The cat that walked by himself / Rudyard Kipling --
The cat by the fire / Leigh Hunt --
The white cat / W.W. Jacobs --
The black cat / Edgar Allan Poe --
Cats / Philip Gilbert Hamerton --
The cat / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman --
Calvin, the cat / Charles Dudley Warner --
Ye marvelous legend of Tom Connor's cat / Samuel Lover --
Dick Baker's cat / Mark Twain --
The conscientious cat / Agnes A. Sandham --
He wrote to the rats / Julian Ralph --
The philanthropist and the happy cat ; Tobermory / Saki --
Midshipman, the cat / John Coleman Adams --
A black affair / W.W. Jacobs --
"When in doubt--wash!" ; Jennie's lessons to Peter on how to behave like a cat / Paul Gallico --
The witch's cat / Manly Wade Wellman --
A feline felony / Lael J. Littke --
The Cyprian cat / Dorothy L. Sayers --
Novice / James H. Schmitz --
The fat cat / Q. Patrick --
My father, the cat / Henry Slesar --
The sin of Madame Phloi / Lilian Jackson Braun --
The king of the cats / Stephen Vincent Benét --
The game of rat and dragon / Cordwainer Smith --
Podolo / L.P. Hartley --
Space-time for springers / Fritz Leiber --
Spooner / Eleanor Farjeon --
The story of Webster / P.G. Wodehouse --
Out of place / Pamela Sargent --
Cat nipped / Jack Schaefer --
The cat who lived in a drainpipe / Joan Aiken --
Some are born cats / Terry and Carol Carr --
Autumn : the garden of stubborn cats / Italo Calvino.

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