Happy Holidays everyone! I just received some great mews from my publisher, Rutgers University Press. My new book, The Cat Men of Gotham: Tales of Feline Friendships in Old New York, is now available for pre-ordering. The book is not scheduled for release until May, but if you order early, you’ll save $6 on the […]
Archive for December, 2018
Happy Mew Year! The Cat Men of Gotham Now Available for Pre-Ordering at 30% Discount
Posted: 24th December 2018 by The Hatching Cat in UncategorizedTags: Cat Men, Cat Stories, cats in history, New York City History, Rutgers University Press
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1916: The Christmas Kittens and Movie Cats of New York’s Empire Poultry Palace Show
Posted: 22nd December 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Featured FelinesTags: Animals in history, Elizabeth Kingston, Empire Poultry, Grand Central Palace, New York City History
Although the first National Cat Show at Madison Square Garden II in May 1895 is often cited as the first cat show in America, there were actually quite a few cat shows in New York City and other American cities before this “official cat show” took place at the Garden. During the late 1800s, New York […]
1892: The Fox Farm House at Fox’s Corner, Where Foxes Ran in Foxhurst, Bronx
Posted: 5th December 2018 by The Hatching Cat in Animal StoriesTags: Bronx History, Charlotte Leggett, Fox's Corners, Foxhurst, Hunt Inn, New York City History, Oliver De Lancey, Richard March Hoe, West Farms, William W. Fox
“For almost a generation there was no more secluded or more beautiful section than the vicinity of “Fox Corners.”—New York Daily Tribune, February 28, 1909 (Fox Corners was in Foxhurst, Bronx) In my last post, I wrote about Swain’s performing rats and cats, which once appeared at the old Loew’s Boulevard Theatre near Fox’s Corners […]
