The Book, Cat, & Cat Book Lovers Almanac

of historical trivia regarding books, cats, and other animals. Actually this blog has evolved so that it is described better as a blog about cats in history and culture. And we take as a theme the advice of Aldous Huxley: If you want to be a writer, get some cats. Don't forget to see the archived articles linked at the bottom of the page.

March 11, 2015

March 11, 1970

Erle Stanley Gardner (July 17, 1889 to March 11, 1970) was, when he died, the best-selling American author. Covers like this must have helped. His first detective story (1933):




The feline reference above is not to nice domestic pets. Erle Stanley Gardner objected to cats as a threat to his beloved birds. His daughter Grace was the cat-lover in the family.  This is according to Dorothy Belle Hughes in her biography: Erle Stanley Gardner: The Case of the Real Perry Mason (1978).

Below we see again, cats are up to no good. (1935).

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