Download or read book Catland written by Kathryn Hughes and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How cat mania exploded in the early twentieth century, transforming cats from pests into beloved pets. In 1900, Britain and America were in the grip of a cat craze. An animal that had for centuries been seen as a household servant or urban nuisance had now become an object of pride and deep affection. From presidential and royal families who imported exotic breeds to working-class men competing for cash prizes for the fattest tabby, people became enthralled to the once-humble cat. Multiple industries sprang up to feed this new obsession, selling everything from veterinary services to leather bootees via dedicated cat magazines. Cats themselves were now traded for increasingly large sums of money, bolstered by elaborate pedigrees that claimed noble ancestry and promised aesthetic distinction. In Catland, Kathryn Hughes chronicles the cat craze of the early twentieth century through the life and career of Louis Wain. Wain's anthropomorphic drawings of cats in top hats falling in love, sipping champagne, golfing, driving cars, and piloting planes are some of the most instantly recognizable images from the era. His round-faced fluffy characters established the prototype for the modern cat, which cat "fanciers" were busily trying to achieve using their newfound knowledge of the latest scientific breeding techniques. Despite being a household name, Wain endured multiple bankruptcies and mental breakdowns, spending his last fifteen years in an asylum, drawing abstract and multicolored felines. But it was his ubiquitous anthropomorphic cats that helped usher the formerly reviled creatures into homes across Europe. Beautifully illustrated and based on new archival findings about Wain's life, the wider cat fancy, and the media frenzy it created, Catland chronicles the fascinating history of how the modern cat emerged.
Download or read book Tales from Catland written by Tabitha Grimalkin and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three cats learn important lessons as a result of dealing with fairies.
Download or read book Maximus in Catland written by David Garrett Izzo and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: .,"Maximus in Catland has all the necessary ingredients for a successful fairy tale: God and evil, unrequited love and loving loyalty, heroism and ancient wisdom...much like C.S. Lewis's Narnia Books.,." Jenny Ivor, Rambles
Download or read book The Cat s Land written by Ana Folhadela and published by Babelcube Inc.. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's book with four short stories, a juvenile fiction written by Ana Folhadela originally in Portuguese.
Download or read book Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent Office written by United States. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book fatso written by S.E. Monrow and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-07-16 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a litle girl goes missing some lives change and some end ... 'fatso' is a dark crime comedy about the consequences of an accident that ripple into a sea of murders. The events are chronicled through the eyes of several protagonists, each narrating their unique view. The horrific hidden truth gets gradually unlocked ...
Download or read book The Cat The Banker How to get started with investing an illustrated story written by Nadir Mehadji and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why should learning about finance and investing be dull and confusing? The Cat & the Banker is a fun and unconventional illustrated book about investing for people who don’t know where to start. Truth be told, this really is most people. This accessible, creative guide is ideal for anyone put off by stuffy investment manuals. The Cat & the Banker addresses these problems: * Books about personal finance tend to be dry and boring. The Cat & the Banker distills powerful ideas through a candid and fun conversation between a cat and his banker. The underlying story puts the notions in context and helps readers relate to the concepts. * Few people find time to read conventional books about personal finance. The Cat & the Banker goes straight to essentials without getting bogged down in unnecessary intricacies. * Personal finance books often give inadequate recipes. The Cat & the Banker provides a framework for how things actually work and empowers readers to make their own decisions. * Investing looks confusing. It is hard to know how to allocate your own money. The Cat and the Banker takes readers step by step on a journey through how different types of investments work, what they do, and how they relate to the real world; all in a simple, playful and engaging way.
Download or read book Cook Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Acts and Resolves Passed by the Legislature of the State of Maine written by Maine and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Nine Lives of Cats written by Sanjay Hazarika and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2024-08-14 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nine Lives Of Cats is a fantasy story aimed at young and grown up adults too. The book is of the humour cum thriller genre. The book evolves around the theme that cats have nine lives and the protagonist of the story is Jimbo a young cat whose mistress is Meera. She prays to God to do something for Jimbo so that he can survive in his own and her prayers are answered because an angel as messenger of God comes to them with a device called a Cat Life Device CLD for short. The device can be used by Jimbo only and with it lives can be extracted from cats and stored in the CLD, similarly lives stored within the CLD can be transferred back to cats. Transfers and extractions of lives can be done only if the concerned cat gives his consent to the procedure, in this regard the device can detect consents which though explicitly given but the concerned cat did not mean it from its heart the CLD will abort the process. This protects cats who have been intimidated to give their consent and this feature leads to numerous amusing incidents. Initially all cats think that the CLD is a hoax a scam to make money but slowly he gets the confidence of people and there are humorous interchanges with a cat who is a gossip columnist and also with a cat who is a punk. Then there is the question of legislating permission to carry on the CLD business and this process wends and weaves its way through the senate with numerous amusing incidents. While waiting for the trading license there is an urgent need for a CLD intervention on a precariously ill young cat; as it is illegal to use the device in Catland they decide to subvert the law by using it in Dogland where Catland laws do not apply and because of this numerous thrilling incidents happen. While Jimbo is in Dogland he gets more clients for the CLD. Finally the trade license comes through and Jimbo can commence his CLD banking business in Catland. While commencing business Jimbo encounters several problems such as collecting on loans made and there is also a run against the bank; then there are marriages the CLD way where the husband and wife exchange their lives, here they are warned that one of them may be left hanging at the altar if the love of any one of them is not genuine. Then there is the question of using the CLD on lions and tigers all belonging to the cat family. Finally the story ends when the CLD gets lost and how it is recovered using the services of ace cat detective Merlock Jomes!
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