A cat's tale : a journey through feline history
(2020)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
636.8/KOUDOUNARIS,P
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2020
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xvii, 265 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781250217721, 1250217725 :, 1250217725, 9781250217721
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"A CAT'S TALE is a history of feline kind: its origins, the evolution of the relationship with their human companions, and the surprising ways in which feline history parallels that of humanity. From the prehistoric Felis (a large mammal from which all domestic cats have descended) to ancient Egyptian cat goddess, key cats of the Enlightenment to swashbuckling pirate felines and infamous American tabbies, the story of catkind is told here in its totality"--