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On a snowy Christmas eve, Amory was contacted by a friend who had been trying to gain the trust of a stray cat who had been hanging about in a nearby alley. Ruth was sure that with the two of them working together they’d be able to capture the skittish feline. Against his better judgment, Amory went out in the snow and eventually they succeeded. But now where to take the cat? Thus this (eventually discovered to be white) cat came into Amory’s life, and they developed a close relationship (or as
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On Christmas Eve 1977 Cleveland Amory is recruited to help rescue a stray cat from an alley. Once the cat is successfully caught Amory takes the filthy bundle home for a few days. Amory quickly falls in love with what turns out to be a pure white cat whom he keeps and names Polar Bear. This book covers the first year that Amory has Polar Bear. I liked the parts that directly dealt with having a cat. Unfortunately there is some padding in the book, including a whole chapter about people from hist
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This is the story of the cat, which self-professed curmudgeon Cleveland Amory rescued one Christmas Eve night. It was injured, hungry, and soaked, and it turned this dog-loving man into a man who was owned by a cat.
An influential member of Funds for Animals (sort of a precursor to PETA), Amory was rescuing animals long before it was mainstream. This group was instrumental with stopping the clubbing of baby seals (by painting them non-toxic paint) and certain whale-killers.
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An influential member of Funds for Animals (sort of a precursor to PETA), Amory was rescuing animals long before it was mainstream. This group was instrumental with stopping the clubbing of baby seals (by painting them non-toxic paint) and certain whale-killers.
His adventures with t ...more
This was an ok book. I got bored with it and just stopped reading it. It started out great with the story of how he got his cat. But then he went on for 23 pages about naming the cat, that is when I called it quits. I lost interest and since I promised myself that I wouldn't keep going when there was nothing that kept me interested, I stopped. Oh well at least I gave it a try.
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Jun 18, 2009
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