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100 Cats Who Changed Civilization: History's Most Influential Felines
Sam Stall
Illustrated by Gina Triplett
#AY2742
Hardcover, 176 pages; 2007
$14.95
 Members' Price: $12.71
Sam Stall profiles those extraordinary cats who, despite the fact that "the typical feline is blithely uninterested in the comings and goings of the human race," have irrevocably impacted our history. Divided into sections of Science and Nature, History and Government, Art and Literature, Popular Culture, and Profiles in Courage, each entry briefly and humorously describes the accomplishments—whether heroic or accidental, fortunate or calamitous—of the featured feline. You'll meet Hodge, Samuel Johnson's feline lexicographical assistant; Tommy, the cat who dialed 911 to save his owner; and the equally memorable—but sadly so—Tibbles, a lighthouse keeper's cat whose taste for the Stephens Island wren resulted in its extinction. Enhanced with clever illustrations, this factual-yet-funny little book (6¾"x4½") makes a great gift for cat lovers who've always suspected the extraordinary potential of their own pets.
(AG)
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