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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.

September 4, 2012

September 4, 1908

Richard Wright (September 4, 1908 to  November 28, 1960) visited Paris in 1946. He said it was the first time he felt he was living in a free society. The success of Native Son (1940) allowed him to bring his family to Paris where they settled. That family included Knobby, a Siamese cat.

We learn the details of Knobby's misadventures with French chicken bones in We all went to Paris: Americans in the City of Light, 1776-1971 by Stephen Longstreet (1972).
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