Once upon a time, the New York City Post Office employed a feline police squad to protect the mail from rats and mice…
The country’s oldest Brooklyn Navy Yard cat survived a massive explosion on board the USS Maine…
New York City’s first theatrical club hosted a black-tie dinner in honor of its famous feline mascot…
The TWA pilots at the brand-new LaGuardia Airport had a flying feline mascot who won numerous trophies at cat shows…
And a blind cat who wore glasses saved Brooklyn Borough Hall from burning down when he was 27 years old.
Join me this Wednesday, June 3, for a virtual trip back in time to explore New York City’s history via amazing stories about fire cats, police cats, theatrical cats, and other fabulous felines that made the news headlines in the late 1800s and early 1900s. I’ll be sharing about a dozen of my favorite cat-men tales from my book and blog in a 55-minute presentation on ZOOM via the Boonton Public Library.
If you have read The Cat Men of Gotham, this “Happy Hour” event will give you a chance to see some old news photos of the cats that I couldn’t publish in the book (I could only use high-res photos in the book) as well as maps, actual news headlines, and pictures of some cat-men heroes.
Register to Attend
If you are interested in attending, send an email to: registrations@boontonholmeslibrary.org Put “cat stories” in the subject line. You will then get the link and code to use on Wednesday.
If the library does not get back to you for some reason by Wednesday afternoon, send me an email at pgavan@optonline.net and I’ll send you the link to join the ZOOM presentation.
Registration is limited to a set number of people, so please sign up ASAP.
I look forward to “seeing you” on Wednesday!
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