The Best Cat Ever

by Cleveland Amory

Overview

Picking up where "The Cat Who Came for Christmas" and "The Cat and the Curmudgeon" left off, this beautiful new paperback edition continues the story of the cat named Polar Bear and his grumpy, lovable owner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316089784
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	10/10/2002
Edition description:	REISSUE
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	526,034
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

Table of Contents

	Prologue	3
Chapter 1	A Cat for All Seasons	5
Chapter 2	My Harvard	30
Chapter 3	First Jobs	71
Chapter 4	My Last Duchess and 4,000 Other Celebrities	112
Chapter 5	Polar Bear and Me and Your TV--Your Guide to the Medium Medium	165
Chapter 6	The Miracles of Modern Medicine--and Some Exceptions to Same	201
	L'Envoi	234
	Acknowledgments	261

Editorial Reviews

The story of Polar Bear, the stray cat rescued by Amory in 1978, began with the best-selling The Cat Who Came for Christmas ( LJ 10/1/87) and continued with The Cat and the Curmudgeon ( LJ 8/1/90). It reaches its inevitable conclusion here. However, readers expecting multiple cat stories and a continuation of the Amory-Polar Bear antics may be disappointed. Most of the book concerns Amory's reflections on his life (i.e., his class reunion at Harvard) and his views on humane issues (not surprising when you realize he founded the Fund for Animals). Luckily, Amory is a very readable writer, and he is able to present his sideline comments and musings without appearing to stand on a soapbox. Two highlights of this volume are Amory's response to his classmates' appeal for a donation to their class fund and the final chapter, with his heartfelt perspective on pet loss. Despite its rambling style, The Best Cat Ever will have animal lovers everywhere lapping it up like a bowl of warm milk.-- Edell Marie Schaefer, Brookfield P.L., Wis.

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