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'Tis the night before Christmas when a self-described curmudgeon rescues a bedraggled feline from a snowy New York City alley . . . . Thus begins this tale of a man and his cat-or, rather, of a cat and his man-a touching, timeless, and inspiring story about the animal/human bond and the spirit... read more
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The humorous and heartwarming adventures of the sublime Polar Bear and his crafty owner, Cleveland Amory, originally published in three volumes: The Cat Who Came for Christmas, The Cat and the Curmudgeon, and The Best Cat Ever. All three volumes were huge national... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Cleveland Amory: author, animal activist, founder of Animal Rights group Fund For Animals; finds a dirty, stray white cat on Christmas in NYC and decides to adopt it
- Polar Bear: the cat Amory adopts
- Paul Watson: friend of Amory and fellow animal activist; captain of the ship Sea Shepherd which became famous for intervening many whaling ships around the world
- Ruth "Sergeant" Dwork: retired school teacher, volunteer with Fund For Animals; first one to find the stray white cat, informs Amory about it
- Marian Probst: assistant to Cleveland Amory
- Joe: doorman at Amory's apartment building
- Mrs. Willis: interested in adopting the stray white cat for her daughter Jennifer
- Susan Thompson: veterinarian who performs cat's neutering surgery
Setting & Locations edit
New York City, NY
- New York: Central Park
- Boston, MA
- California: Beverly Hills, Hollywood
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Africa: Egypt, Nubia
- Italy: Rome, Matterhorn Mtn, Brenner Pass
- Scotland: Aberdeen
- France
- England: Canterbury
- Canada
- Portugal: Oporto, Azores
- Japan
- Russia
- Texas
- Sierra
- Hollywood
- Egypt
- Park
Organizations edit
- National Park Service: The National Park Service (NPS) is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.<1> It was created on August 25, 1916, by Congress through the National Park Service Organic Act
- European Economics Community: The European Economic Community (EEC) (also known as the Common Market in the English-speaking world, renamed the European Community (EC) in 1993<note 1>) was an international organisation created with a view to bring about economic integration (including a single market) among the Inner Six of European integration: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
- Romans: The Roman Empire (Latin: Imperium Romanum) was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean.<5> The term is used to describe the Roman state during and after the time of the first emperor, Augustus. This includes from about 44 BC to 1453 AD
First Sentence edit
To anyone who has ever been owned by a cat, it will come as no surprise that there are all sorts of things about your cat you will never, as long as you live, forget.
Table of Contents edit
I. The Rescue 3
II. The Decision 19
III. The Great Compromise 34
IV. His First Trip 50
V. His Roots 71
VI. A Difficult Matter 91
VII. His Hollywood 114
VIII. His Fitness Program 145
IX. His Foreign Policy 175
X. His Domestic Policy 207
L'Envoi 238
Glossary edit
- Dilatory: tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.2.intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision: a dilatory strategy.
- Ailurophile: a person who loves cats
- Ailurophobe: a person who fears or strongly dislikes cats
- Solecism: a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.2.a breach of good manners or etiquette.3.any error, impropriety, or inconsistency.
- Craven: a coward
- Intransigence: the state or quality of being intransigent, or refusing to compromise or agree; inflexibility
- Abstruse: hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.2.Obsolete. secret; hidden.
- Canard: a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- Chicanery: trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry: He resorted to the worst flattery and chicanery to win the job.2.a quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade.
- Irrespective: without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- Veritable: very much so
- Cavil: to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily
- Churlish: mean or rude; difficult to work with
- Obviate: verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
- Peregrination: travel from one place to another, especially on foot.2.a course of travel; journey.
- Palter: to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.2.to bargain with; haggle.3.to act carelessly; trifle.
- Betes Noires: (French) a person or thing especially disliked or dreaded; bane;Origin: 1835–45; < French: literally, black beast
- Peroration: a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language.2.Rhetoric. the concluding part of a speech or discourse, in which the speaker or writer recapitulates the principal points and urges them with greater earnestness and force.
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Human Animal Relationships: this is the story of Amory's unique relationship with his cat
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Compleat Cat by Cleveland Amory. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Cleveland Amory (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1987
ISBN: 0316037370
Page Count: 240
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1987
ISBN: 0316037370
Page Count: 240
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 818.5407
Subjects edit
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