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.

June 14, 2019

June 14, 1938

John Van Alstyne Weaver, Jr. (July 17, 1893 to June 14, 1938) is little recalled now but H. L. Mencken liked his poetry. Mencken wrote a preface to the 1939 volume In American: The Collected Poems of John V. A. Weaver. Weaver, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, spent time in Hollywood, and died in Colorado Springs. Among his screen writing credits is the screenplay for the 1938 film, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. And Weaver co-authored The Far-Sighted Cat, with his wife, Peggy Wood. Though I have not read the book, it gets the author a post on this blog.



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