1 001 things you always wanted to know about cats
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Things You Always Wanted to Know About Cats
J. Stephen Lang
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To my family, for having homes where cats were always adored
Yes, it is strangethat anyone should dislike cats.
—C. S. LEWIS
CONTENTS
Introduction
1 5 55 71 115 151 177
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
How They Behave, and Why The Amazing Feline Body All About Breeds and Shows
Keeping Them Healthy and Safe
Mating and Motherhood . . . and “Fixing” Find ’Em, Feed ’Em, Change Their Litter Wild Ancestors and Wild Cousins 201
Cats with Humans, Beginning inAncient Egypt . . . Lies, Folklore, Myths and Legends Feline Words and Phrases 291 327 261
221
Notable Cat People and Their Opinions
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10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Contents
In Books, Music and Art
361 401
Silver Screen and Small Screen Cartoon Cats 419 447
Cats as Marketing Tools
And a Few Bits of Potpourri Index 477
463
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INTRODUCTION
Nine LIves, and ThousandsLives, of Books
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our reaction to seeing this book might have been the same as that of my agent, Ed Knappman, when I proposed the book: another book on cats? My reply to him, and to you: yes, and why not? Cats are a great subject, they now outnumber dogs as pets in the United States (see entry 347 for more details) and lots of cat owners love to read about cats. Add to this the fact that a...
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