Publisher's Synopsis
The author has an instinct for animals and what makes them behave the way they do. This time her subject is felines - house cats and their wild siblings, lions, pumas and tigers - and the kinds of bonds they form with us and with each other.;Begining by examining just what cats are and their images of themselves in relation to humans, the book then traces cat culture as it evolved through the ages - differently, we discover, in the Old World and the New. Finally, it looks at cats on their own, alone, and together. The book's cast of characters includes a pride of lions, a group of circus tigers, a group of domestic cats and a domesticated puma named Ruby.
