Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Cat Tales (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781718788978)

Lords of the Housetops is a carefully chosen collection of thirteen tales about the beloved, clever and charismatic cat. We see the cat through the eyes of thirteen authors, including such famous writers as Mark Twain, Booth Tarkington and Edgar Allen Poe. Carl Van Vechten assembled and edited this collection, along with translating de Balzac's offering from French to English. Here are the cat tales your will enjoy in this work: The Cat by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman Zut by Guy Wetmore Carryl A Psychical Invasion by Algernon Blackwood The Afflictions of an English cat by Honore de Balzac Gipsy by Booth Tarkington The Blue Dryad by George Herbert Powell Dick Baker's Cat by Mark Twain The Black Cat by Edgar A. Poe Madame Jolicoeur's Cat by Thomas Allibone Janvier A Friendly Rat by William Henry Hudson Monty's Friend by William Livingston Alden The Queen's Cat by Peggy Bacon Calvin by Charles Dudley Warner

Author: G. H. Powell, Booth Tarkington, Mark Twain
ISBN-10: 1718788975
ISBN-13: 9781718788978
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/06/2018
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.47d