The lion in the living room : how house cats tamed us and took over the world / Abigail Tucker.
Cats are incredible creatures: they can eat practically anything and live almost anywhere. Tracing their rise from prehistory to the modern cat craze, Abigail Tucker presents an adventure through history, natural science, and pop culture. With keen reporting and lively wit, Tucker investigates the way house cats have used their relationship with humans to become one of the most powerful animals on the planet-- adapted from dust jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781476738239
- ISBN: 1476738238
- ISBN: 9781501154478
- ISBN: 1501154478
- Physical Description: 241 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-231) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Catacombs -- Cat's cradle -- What's the catch? -- The cats that ate the canaries -- The cat lobby -- CAT scan -- Pandora's litter box -- Lions and toygers and lykoi -- Nine likes. |
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Subject: | Cats > History. Human-animal relationships. Cats. Human-animal relationships. |
Genre: | History. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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Burlington Public Library | 636.8 TUCKER 2016 | 39851001324756 | Non-fiction | Copy hold | Available | - |
Abigail Tucker's work has been featured in the Best American Science and Nature Writing series. She is the New York Times bestselling author of The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World, named a Best Science Book of 2016 by Library Journal and Forbes, now translated into thirteen languages. A correspondent for Smithsonian magazine, she lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with her husband and four (equally amazing) children.