{"product_id":"of-cats-and-men-isbn-9780399578441","title":"Of Cats and Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stylish, illustrated gift book profiling notable cat-loving men throughout history. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of history’s greatest men have been cat lovers, and their cats have contributed to their genius and legacy: the static charge from a cat’s fur sparked young Nikola Tesla’s interest in electricity; Sir Isaac Newton is said to have invited the first cat flap; visitors to Ernest Hemingway and Winston Churchill’s homes still encounter the descendants of their beloved cats; William S. Burroughs and Andy Warhol both wrote books inspired by their feline friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStylishly illustrated and full of charming, witty profiles and quotes from history’s most notable “cat men,” \u003ci\u003eOf Cats and Men\u003c\/i\u003e pays tribute to thirty luminaries and visionaries who have one thing in common: a pure and enduring love of cats.\u003c\/p\u003eWHAT IS A CAT MAN? - 1 \u003cbr\u003e MEET THE CAT MEN - 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKing Hywel the Good - 8\u003cbr\u003eSultan Baibars - 11\u003cbr\u003eMichel de Montaigne - 12\u003cbr\u003eSir Isaac Newton - 17\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Johnson - 18\u003cbr\u003eEdward Lear - 23\u003cbr\u003eMark Twain - 24 \u003cbr\u003eNikola Tesla - 29\u003cbr\u003eMaurice Ravel - 30\u003cbr\u003eLouis Wain - 33\u003cbr\u003eSir Winston Churchill - 34\u003cbr\u003eT.S. Eliot - 39\u003cbr\u003ePaul Klee - 40\u003cbr\u003eTsuguharu Foujito - 43\u003cbr\u003eRaymond Chandler - 45\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Balanchine - 49\u003cbr\u003eJean Cocteau - 50\u003cbr\u003eErnest Hemingway - 54\u003cbr\u003eBalthus - 59\u003cbr\u003eRomare Bearden - 60\u003cbr\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs - 63\u003cbr\u003eSaul Steinberg - 66\u003cbr\u003eCharles Bukowski - 69\u003cbr\u003eMarlon Brando - 72\u003cbr\u003eEdward Gorey - 75\u003cbr\u003eAndy Warhol - 76\u003cbr\u003eKarl Lagerfeld - 79\u003cbr\u003eFreddie Mercury - 83\u003cbr\u003eHaruki Murakami - 84\u003cbr\u003eAi Weiwei - 89 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eON ROBOTS AND CATS - 93SAM KALDA is an illustrator who received a BFA in painting at SUNY Purchase, an MFA at The Fashion Institute of Technology, and who studied at the Yale Norfolk School of Art. He has been recognized by The Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, \u003ci\u003e3X3 Magazine,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eCMYKMagazine'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003es \"Top 100 New Creatives.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWHAT IS A CAT MAN?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMen are often portrayed in the company of dogs. They hunt together, run happily side by side, and ride shoulder to shoulder in mud-splattered pickups—the perfect image of masculine bliss. The dog is, after all, man’s best friend. \u003ci\u003eSome \u003c\/i\u003emen, that is. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For centuries, legions of forward-thinking men—artists, writers, scientists, and philosophers—have shared their libraries and studios with a purring feline or two. In recent years, a new population of proud, cat-loving men has come out of the proverbial “cat closet,” embracing the purr, mew, and squint of feline companionship. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen have, for centuries, been chided and maligned for having \u003ci\u003ea \u003c\/i\u003ecat, let alone several. This “crazy cat lady” stereotype is deeply unfair. Like Prometheus to fire, generations of enlightened fellows have gravitated to the feline species. We stand with our cat-loving sisters as crazy cat men, proudly wearing our scarlet letters in solidarity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince man first discovered a fallen whisker in the forests of Eden, he has had a twilight bond with cats. We need only imagine the temples of ancient Egypt, where the priests prayed to statues of Bastet, cat goddess of the Egyptian people and protectress against disease and evil spirits. When a cat died, the Egyptians would shave their eyebrows in mourning—theirs was a truly cat-crazy culture. In fact, when a temple of Bastet was excavated in the late nineteenth century, archaeologists uncovered more than three hundred thousand cat mummies. Who knew that a catnap could last over two millennia?","brand":"Ten Speed Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300564521189,"sku":"NP9780399578441","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780399578441.jpg?v=1767734011","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/of-cats-and-men-isbn-9780399578441","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}