Kitty Literature: An Illustrated Collection for Cat Lovers

By: William Shakespeare and L. Frank Baum and Rudyard Kipling and Miguel De Cervantes and Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Darwin and Emily Dickinson and Mark Twain and Charles Dickens and Louisa May Alcott and Alexandre Dumas and Lewis Carroll and Henry David Thoreau and Oscar Wilde and John Greenleaf Whittier and Sir Walter Scott and Washington Irving and Anton Chekhov and Lafcadio Hearn and Beatrix Potter and John Keats and Bram Stoker and Harriet Beecher Stowe and H. P. Lovecraft and Carl Sandburg and E. E. Cummings and John Muir and Leonardo Da Vinci and William Wordsworth and W. B. Yeats and Charles Baudelaire and William Carlos Williams and The Brothers Grimm and Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Richard Stephens and Arthur Rackham and Vincent Van Gogh and John James Audubon and Paul Gauguin and Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes and Teddy Roosevelt and Louis Wain and Samuel F. B. Morse and Goya and Ando Hiroshige and Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Thomas Eakins and Henri Rousseau

Synopsis: People have been fascinated by cats for centuries. From the ancient Egyptians, all the way down to today's cat lovers throughout the world, cats have held a special place in people's lives. Cats are unique creatures. It shouldn't be surprising that they have captured the imaginations of many of the world's greatest authors and artists.This book contains 229 illustrations selected from the world's best cat art by 49 great artists, and explores stories, poetry, essays and quotations on cats by 36 of the most acclaimed and classic writers.From Beatrix Potter to Louisa May Alcott to Teddy Roosevelt, this eclectic collection features writings about cats by such great masters as Dickens, Kipling, Chekhov, Poe, Lovecraft, Keats, Shelley, Yeats, Whittier, Audubon, Muir, Thoreau, and Mark Twain, accompanied by fine art museum pieces by Renoir, da Vinci, van Gogh, Rousseau, Hiroshige, Goya, Gauguin, and many others.Kitty Literature is perfect for anyone who lives with one or more cats. It will also make an excellent gift book.(306 pages, 229 illustrations)

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780988790216
Publisher:: Fern Canyon Press
Date of Addition:: 06/30/16
Copyrighted By:: John Keats, L. Frank Baum, Charles Baudelaire, Louisa May Alcott, Francisco José De Goya Y Lucientes, Oscar Wilde, Teddy Roosevelt, Miguel De Cervantes, William Carlos Williams, Rudyard Kipling, John Greenleaf Whittier, Lewis Carroll, Mark Twain, Louis Wai
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Animals, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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