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Cats I Have Known and Loved
by Berton, Pierre
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0385659385
- ISBN 13
- 9780385659383
- Seller
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Item Price
£18.28£13.71
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About This Item
Doubleday of Canada, 2002. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. New/New. New For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Who Would Have Guessed That One Of The Great Historian'S Passions In Life Is Cats? Over The Course Of His Eighty-Two Years, And From His Birthplace In Dawson City, Yukon, To His Home In Kleinburg, Ontario, Berton Has Known And Loved Many Cats. In This Charming Collection Of Stories, He Has Chosen His Best Cat Tales To Share With Us. Pierre Berton Is A Master Storyteller, And His Lyrical Writing And Sense Of Pacing And Adventure Enliven This Collection, Making It Irresistible To Any Cat Lover. The Book Opens With The Adventure Of Pousse-Pousse, The Cat With Extra Toes, Who Was Carried Off By A Great Horned Owl And, Seven Months Later, Reappeared At The Door, Bedraggled But Alive. Pierre Berton'S First Cat Was Happy, A Kitten The Teenage Pierre Spied In A Pet Store Window "Free To A Good Home." It Was Depression-Era Victoria, And The Bertons Barely Had Enough To Feed Themselves. Still, They Kept Happy, And She Produced Scores Of Kittens Over The Years. There Are Stories Of Stray Cats And "Hobo Cats," Beloved Cartoon Cats Like Felix And Krazy Kat, And Finally, "Rules For Guests," Which Includes The Following: "No Discussion Is So Intense, No Story So Riveting, That It Can'T Be Interrupted When A Cat Enters The Room." This Beautifully Designed Small-Format Gift Book Is Illustrated With Line Drawings By Pierre Berton, Photographs, And Coloured Endpapers.
Synopsis
Pierre Berton was one of Canada’s most popular and prolific authors. From narrative histories and popular culture, to picture and coffee table books to anthologies, to stories for children to readable, historical works for youth, many of his fifty books are now Canadian classics. Born in 1920 and raised in the Yukon, Pierre Berton worked in Klondike mining camps during his university years. He spent four years in the army, rising from private to captain/instructor at the Royal Military College in Kingston. He spent his early newspaper career in Vancouver, where at 21 he was the youngest city editor on any Canadian daily. He wrote columns for and was editor of Maclean’s magazine, appeared on CBC’s public affairs program “Close-Up” and was a permanent fixture on “Front Page Challenge” for 39 years. He was a columnist and editor for the Toronto Star and was a writer and host of a series of CBC programs. Pierre Berton received over 30 literary awards including the Governor-General’s Award for Creative Non-Fiction (three times), the Stephen Leacock Medal of Humour, and the Gabrielle Leger National Heritage Award. He received two Nellies for his work in broadcasting, two National Newspaper awards, and the National History Society’s first award for “distinguished achievement in popularizing Canadian history.” For his immense contribution to Canadian literature and history, he was awarded more than a dozen honourary degrees, is a member of the Newsman’s Hall of Fame, and is a Companion of the Order of Canada. Pierre Berton passed away in Toronto on November 30, 2004.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003149
- Title
- Cats I Have Known and Loved
- Author
- Berton, Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385659385
- ISBN 13
- 9780385659383
- Publisher
- Doubleday of Canada
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2002
- Pages
- 176
- Keywords
- Cats, Cat, Cat Lover, Cat Lovers, Catlike, Meow, Pets, Kitten, Feline, Persian, Angora, Breeds, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals - Pets;
- X weight
- 0 g
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