A celebration of America''s #1 pet, breed by breed, from the
friendly neighborhood Silver Classic Tabby to the exotic Korat, the
Cornish Rex Cat to the Somali, the Chartreux and the Egyptian Mau,
once worshipped in ancient Egypt as the living form of the
cat-goddess Bastet. Learn all about their mysterious ways,
fascinating and often legendary history, unusual quirks--one breed,
the Norwegian Forest Cat, has special claws allowing it to climb
rocks; another the La Perm, is a face-kisser--appearance,
temperament, and more. 50 individually die-cut cards, full-color
throughout.
關於作者：
Kathryn and Ross Petras, brother and sister, are great
curators of quotes whose The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said
Calendar has more than 3 million copies in print. Kathryn
Petras with her husband in Manhattan.^Ross and Kathryn
Petras, brother and sister, are the authors of Age Doesn’t
Matter Unless You’re a Cheese with 160,000 copies in print;
The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said and The 365
Stupidest Things Ever Said calendar over 3 million copies in
print; and the Fabulous Broads calendar. Ross Petras
lives with his family in New Jersey, Kathryn Petras with her
husband in Manhattan.
內容試閱：
From SIAMESE "I shall see beauty, but none to match your
living grace," wrote poet Michael Joseph of his Siamese. To the
many lovers of this regal feline, none can ever compare to the
Siamese. Legends say that for hundreds of years the breed belonged
solely to the kings and queens of Thailand, then known as Siam, and
it served to convey their souls after death. A more recent legend
says that the first Siamese came to Britain courtesy of a royal
governess, who was featured later in "Anna and the King of Siam."
Whatever the legends, the reality is even more interesting. The
Siamese cat is probably the most distinctive of breeds:
pale-colored with dark tail, ears, feet and lower face. This
pattern, called a point pattern, is the effect of a gene that makes
the Siamese''s coat lighter where its body is warmest. The cooler
extremities remain dark. The classic Siamese is a seal point, a
fawn body color with darker brown extremities, but today Siamese
come in a number of different colors. The Siamese body under its
remarkable coat is poetry in motion-fine-boned and well-tuned. And
the Siamese personality is as distinctive as it looks: extroverted,
fearless, loyal-and vocal. No wonder the Siamese have been such
popular cats for so long. The first Siamese came to the U.S. as a
gift to Lucy Webb Hayes, the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes.
Although the cat did not live long, in its short life it captured
the attention and favor of many cat fanciers. By the early 20th
century, the Siamese was well established in America, and the rest
is history. So beloved is the Siamese that it has given rise to
numerous variations, from the Balinese to the Ocicat to the
Tonkinese. But to its many devotees, the Siamese is best as just,
well, as Siamese.
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