Look for The Cat Men of Gotham at bookstores and online in 2019.
As many of my readers know, I am currently working on a compilation of cat stories for my upcoming book, The Cat Men of Gotham: Tales of Feline Friendships in Old New York. The book features 42 stories in nine cat-lives chapters. In addition to some favorite stories from my Hatching Cat blog, there are lots of new stories never before published on my site and tons of new historical facts. Plus, the book will also have a thorough list of all my sources, so if you want to read the actual stories in all the old newspaper articles that I use for my website, you’ll be able to find them easily online. (Note: many of the older newspaper articles are behind firewalls, so you will need to subscribe in order to access them.)
The book is being published by Rutgers University Press, and it will be on the market early next year (I don’t have an exact date yet). As soon as it’s available for pre-ordering, I will let you know. I’ll also keep everyone posted on book signings. Most of these will be at bookstores and organizations in the New York/New Jersey area–The Lambs theatrical club is already first in line!–so hopefully I’ll have a chance to meet many of you in the near future. If you belong to a club or have a favorite bookstore in the metropolitan area, and would like to set up a book signing, please let me know.
By the way, I’m not 100% certain that this will be the cover, but I have my fingers crossed! The circa 1925 photo features a mother cat named Blackie and one of her kittens. The full story of Blackie and police officer James Cudmore is featured in the “Lucky Cats” chapter of the book.
