Letters of Note: Cats by Shaun Usher (English) Paperback Book

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"First published in Great Britain by Cannongate Books Ltd 2020."--Title page verso.

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An irresistible new volume of affectionate missives about our feline companions from Charles Dickens, Anne Frank, Raymond Chandler, Elizabeth Taylor, and more, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collectionsFlorence Nightingale sends care instructions to the woman who has just adopted her angora tomcat Mr. White. T. S. Eliot issues a rhyming birthday party invitation to all Jellicle cats for his four-year-old godson. Jack Kerouac's mother grieves at the death of the family cat. Jack Lemmon winkingly suggests to Walter Matthau that they go in on a cat ranch in Mexico. This utterly charming collection offers a warm and friendly look at the place that cats occupy in our hearts and lives. These thirty letters capture the profound delight of having or observing a cat, and they reveal a keen insight into feline nature as well as our own.

Author Biography

SHAUN USHER is the creator of the enormously popular blogs lettersofnote.com and listsofnote.com and the compiler of the bestselling Letters of Note collections. He spends much of his time hunting for letters and making lists of things to share. He lives in Manchester, England, with his family.

Excerpt from Book

LETTER 01 IS NATURE A GIGANTIC CAT? Nikola Tesla to Pola Fotic 23 July 1939 Born in 1856 in Smiljan, in Croatia, Nikola Tesla was an inventor whose invaluable impact on the modern world is difficult to comprehend. During the course of his eighty-six years he made numerous breakthroughs in the realm of electrical engineering, particularly around his AC induction motor, and by the time of his death, the ''Father of Electricity'' had approximately 300 patents to his name. In Washington DC in 1939, aged eighty-three and in failing health, Tesla met Pola Fotic, the daughter of the Yugoslav ambassador to the United States, and they bonded over their shared love of cats. Soon afterwards, from his home in New York City, Tesla wrote to his new friend and revealed the reason behind his lifelong fascination with electricity. The Letter New York, July 23, 1939 My Dear Miss Fotic, I am forwarding to you the "Calendar of Yugoslavia" of 1939 showing the house and community in which I had many sad and joyful adventures, and in which also, by a bizarre coincidence, I was born. As you see from the photograph on the sheet for June, the old-fashioned building is located at the foot of a wooded hill called Bogdanic. Adjoining it is a church and behind it, a little further up, a graveyard. Our nearest neighbors were two miles away. In the winter, when the snow was six or seven feet deep, our isolation was complete. My mother was indefatigable. She worked regularly from four o''clock in the morning till eleven in the evening. From four to breakfast time - six a.m. - while others slumbered, I never closed my eyes but watched my mother with intense pleasure as she attended quickly - sometimes running - to her many self-imposed duties. She directed the servants to take care of all our domestic animals, she milked the cows, she performed all sorts of labor unassisted, set the table, prepared breakfast for the whole household. Only when it was ready to be served did the rest of the family get up. After breakfast everybody followed my mother''s inspiring example. All did their work diligently, liked it, and so achieved a measure of contentment. But I was the happiest of all, the fountain of my enjoyment being our magnificent M++c

Details ISBN0143134663 Pages 144 Series Letters of Note Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 0143134663 ISBN-13 9780143134664 Format Paperback Publication Date 2020-10-06 Series Number 1 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2020-10-06 NZ Release Date 2020-10-06 US Release Date 2020-10-06 UK Release Date 2020-10-06 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc Imprint Penguin USA Author Shaun Usher DEWEY 808.86936297 Audience General We've got this

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