Kitty Literature An Illustrated Collection for Cat Lovers |
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Author:
| Stephens, John Richard |
Editor:
| Stephens, John Richard |
Contribution by:
| Alcott, Louisa May Audubon, John James Baudelaire, Charles Baum, L. Frank Carroll, Lewis de Cervantes, Miguel Chekhov, Anton Darwin, Charles Dickens, Charles Dickinson, Emily Dumas, Alexandre Eakins, Thomas Gauguin, Paul van Gogh, Vincent Goya, Lucientes, Francisco José de Goya y Grimm, The Brothers Hearn, Lafcadio Hiroshige, Ando Irving, Washington Keats, John Kipling, Rudyard Lovecraft, H. P. Morse, Samuel F. B. Muir, John Poe, Edgar Allan. Potter, Beatrix Rackham, Arthur Renoir, Pierre-Auguste Roosevelt, Teddy Rousseau, Henri Sandburg, Carl Scott, Walter Shakespeare, William Shelley, Percy Bysshe Stoker, Bram Stowe, Harriet Beecher Thoreau, Henry David. Twain, Mark Wain, Louis Whittier, John Greenleaf Wilde, Oscar. Williams, William Carlos. Wordsworth, William Yeats, W. B. cummings, e. e. da Vinci, Leonardo |
ISBN: | 978-0-9887902-1-6 |
Publication Date: | May 2016 |
Publisher: | John Richard Stephens
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $4.99 |
Book Description:
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People have been fascinated by cats for centuries. From the ancient Egyptians, all the way down to today's cat lovers throughout the world, cats have held a special place in people's lives. Cats are unique creatures. It shouldn't be surprising that they have captured the imaginations of many of the world's greatest authors and artists. This book contains 229 illustrations selected from the world's best cat art by 49 great artists, and explores stories, poetry,...
More DescriptionPeople have been fascinated by cats for centuries. From the ancient Egyptians, all the way down to today's cat lovers throughout the world, cats have held a special place in people's lives. Cats are unique creatures. It shouldn't be surprising that they have captured the imaginations of many of the world's greatest authors and artists.
This book contains 229 illustrations selected from the world's best cat art by 49 great artists, and explores stories, poetry, essays and quotations on cats by 36 of the most acclaimed and classic writers.
From Beatrix Potter to Louisa May Alcott to Teddy Roosevelt, this eclectic collection features writings about cats by such great masters as Dickens, Kipling, Chekhov, Poe, Lovecraft, Keats, Shelley, Yeats, Whittier, Audubon, Muir, Thoreau, and Mark Twain, accompanied by fine art museum pieces by Renoir, da Vinci, van Gogh, Rousseau, Hiroshige, Goya, Gauguin, and many others.
Kitty Literature is perfect for anyone who lives with one or more cats. It will also make an excellent gift book.
(306 pages, 229 illustrations)