Cat Tales

‘Cat Tales is an eloquent, yet learned, technically accurate excursion into the feline world that is destined to become a classic. Read parts of the book to your own cats, and they will ignore you, even if they meow at the beautiful, well-chosen pictures. But you’ll learn a great deal about your own beasts. I look at my cats with different eyes after reading Jerry’s entertaining excursion into cattery’ - Brian Fagan, Distinguished Emeritus Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of The Intimate Bond: How Animals Shaped Human History‘Cats, large or small, wild or domesticated, have played a significant role in human history and have fulfilled multiple roles as: fearsome deities, emissaries between worlds, protectors against vermin, and beloved companions. Moore’s eminently readable book explores the wonderful world of felines, tracing their relationship with humans worldwide, from when we were their prey to the present, when, as any cat-owner knows, we are enslaved by them, catering to their every whim’ - Salima Ikram, Distinguished University Professor, American University in Cairo

Jerry Moore is an archaeologist, writer, editor and professor of anthropology at California State University Dominguez Hills. His books include The Prehistory of Home (2012, winner of the Society for American Archaeology Popular Book Award) among many others. He has written for Archaeology and Berfois magazines and his writings have been translated into French, Spanish, Han Chinese, Turkish and Croatian. Moore lives in Long Beach, California, where he provides food service to two cats.