Great Cat Stories: Memorable Tales of Remarkable Cats

Cats have fascinated and delighted humankind for millennia. Mysterious and enchanting or affectionate and playful, they immeasurably enrich the lives of their human companions.

In this collection of stories about exceptional cats, Roxanne Willems Snopek explores the loving relationship between cats and their people. A dedicated woman founds an organization to care for feral cats on the cold, hostile streets of Saskatoon. A clever cat becomes a famous columnist, with just a little help from his writer-owner. A stray cat moves into a Vancouver hotel and decides to stay, becoming the subject of a bestselling children’s book. In Ottawa, an elderly man selflessly maintains a long tradition of caring for the cats of Parliament Hill. From cats that heal and console the ailing to cats that survive only through the love of their caregivers, the stories of these memorable pets will warm the hearts of all animal lovers.

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Great Cat Stories: Memorable Tales of Remarkable Cats

Cats have fascinated and delighted humankind for millennia. Mysterious and enchanting or affectionate and playful, they immeasurably enrich the lives of their human companions.

In this collection of stories about exceptional cats, Roxanne Willems Snopek explores the loving relationship between cats and their people. A dedicated woman founds an organization to care for feral cats on the cold, hostile streets of Saskatoon. A clever cat becomes a famous columnist, with just a little help from his writer-owner. A stray cat moves into a Vancouver hotel and decides to stay, becoming the subject of a bestselling children’s book. In Ottawa, an elderly man selflessly maintains a long tradition of caring for the cats of Parliament Hill. From cats that heal and console the ailing to cats that survive only through the love of their caregivers, the stories of these memorable pets will warm the hearts of all animal lovers.

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Great Cat Stories: Memorable Tales of Remarkable Cats

Great Cat Stories: Memorable Tales of Remarkable Cats

by Roxanne Willems Snopek
Great Cat Stories: Memorable Tales of Remarkable Cats

Great Cat Stories: Memorable Tales of Remarkable Cats

by Roxanne Willems Snopek

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Overview

Cats have fascinated and delighted humankind for millennia. Mysterious and enchanting or affectionate and playful, they immeasurably enrich the lives of their human companions.

In this collection of stories about exceptional cats, Roxanne Willems Snopek explores the loving relationship between cats and their people. A dedicated woman founds an organization to care for feral cats on the cold, hostile streets of Saskatoon. A clever cat becomes a famous columnist, with just a little help from his writer-owner. A stray cat moves into a Vancouver hotel and decides to stay, becoming the subject of a bestselling children’s book. In Ottawa, an elderly man selflessly maintains a long tradition of caring for the cats of Parliament Hill. From cats that heal and console the ailing to cats that survive only through the love of their caregivers, the stories of these memorable pets will warm the hearts of all animal lovers.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781926613963
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Company, Limited
Publication date: 02/28/2011
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Roxanne Willems Snopek has been writing professionally for two decades and is the author of 8 books and more than 150 articles. Her non-fiction has appeared in a wide variety of publications, from the Vancouver Sun and Reader's Digest to newsletters for Duke, Cornell and Tufts universities. She lives in Abbotsford, BC, surrounded by family and a variety of dogs, cats, birds and fish.

Table of Contents

Prologue 9

Chapter 1 Lost...and Found 11

Chapter 2 The Cold, Hostile Streets 24

Chapter 3 The Secret of Simon Teakettle 36

Chapter 4 Prescription Pets: Cats Who Heal 47

Chapter 5 Miracle Babies 57

Chapter 6 The Cat Man of Parliament Hill 72

Chapter 7 The Making of Mister Got-to-Go 82

Chapter 8 Journey's End 91

Chapter 9 The Cat Who Stayed for Dessert 104

Chapter 10 The Simon Years 111

Epilogue 123

Further Information 124

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