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.

May 13, 2009

May 13, 1923

On May 13, 1923, Willa Cather won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "One of Ours." I never heard of it either. But researching this I found out that the first surviving writing of Cather's is a childhood essay comparing cats and dogs. Dogs are heroic, cats, well, she describes them as "snarling, spitting, cruel." Which gives us a glimpse of cats on the prairie in the 19th century.
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