The Tiger in the House: A Cultural History of the Cat by Carl Van Vechten

The Tiger in the House: A Cultural History of the Cat

Carl Van Vechten with Stephen Budiansky

452 pages first pub 1920 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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“A god, a companion to sorceresses at the Witches’ Sabbath, a beast who is royal in Siam, who in Japan is called ‘the tiger that eats from the hand,’ the adored of Mohammed, Laura’s rival with Petrarch, the friend of Richelieu, the favorite of poe...

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