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December 05, 2008
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 | Moggies: A Book for Owners of Non-Pedigree Cats by Marianne Mays | Reviewed by Amy Harlib |  | Publisher: T.F.H. Kingdom Books
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ISBN: 1852790245
Genre: non-fiction
Subgenre: animals
Release date: Nov. 1997
Format: hardcover
Pages: 128
Price: $14.95 | http://welcome.to/blondbella
Marianne Mays, a qualified veterinary nurse from Great Britain (author of many cat-related books) and with years of experience caring for and showing cats both pedigreed and not, brings her expertise to bear in a book (still in print and easily obtainable) about the latter. This glossy, beautifully produced 7" x 11" hardcover comes filled with practical advice and information, featuring an introduction (history and definition) and chapters about acquiring a non-pedigree cat, general care, feeding, raising kittens, showing non-pedigreed cats, health care, and cat behavior. The best chapter, saved for last, "Marvelous Moggies", contains heartwarming and touching true stories about domestic cats (often with tragic backgrounds) that were rescued and adopted and given a chance to flourish in loving homes, including the author's.
Just about every page of the book is illustrated with beautiful color photos that perfectly complement the text. There are also lovely drawings at the beginning of each chapter.
Offering a fascinating British perspective, yet perfectly useful in the USA or anywhere in the industrialized world, Moggies is a book essential to the catlover's library. Mays has a clear, conversational, commonsensical writing style and presents her material in a straightforward, utterly understandable manner. Her love and care for cats shines through on every page and emerges most passionately in the final chapter of poignant anecdotes that serve to illustrate how the advice in this volume works.
Whether your cat is a purebred or of motley origins, Moggies - with its distinctive outlook, entertaining yet practical presentation, and charming photographic illustrations - is a testimony to the fact that all felines, from the humble "moggy" to the noblest pedigreed breed, are equally deserving of care and love. | | |
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