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From This is True for 11 October 1998 Suggestions for further reading:
 By: Marilyn Greenwald List Price: $27.95 Amazon Price: $21.24 Editorial Review: In this first comprehensive biography of Cleveland Amory, Marilyn Greenwald applies her considerable journalistic skills to a searching account of the complex life and times of this successful writer turned dedicated animal-rights activist. Amory's intense commitment to his chosen cause, ignited by the spectacle of a Mexican bullfight he covered as a young journalist, permeated every aspect of his life. His best-selling books included three classic social critiques -- The Proper Bostonians, The Last Resorts, and Who Killed Society? -- and his popular series on "Polar Bear," the cat he rescued from the streets of Manhattan on Christmas Eve in 1978, now available as The Compleat Cat. In the 1960s and 1970s, Amory wrote prolifically for TV Guide (for which he was chief critic for over a decade), Saturday Review, Parade, and other publications. He was a regular commentator on Today until 1963, when he was summarily fired for a story on animal abuse that greatly disturbed NBC's breakfast audience. In 1967, Amory founded the Fund for Animals, employing his charm, intelligence, and understanding of human nature to garner national publicity for a movement that was, in the 1960s, relatively obscure. He was the first to use celebrities -- including Mary Tyler Moore, Doris Day, Grace Kelly, Dick Cavett, and Jack Paar -- to rally support for animal rights. Cleveland Amory reinvented himself several times over the course of his life, and Marilyn Greenwald follows his every step with a penetrating analysis of the man, the times, the animal-rights movement, and Amory's extraordinary legacy.  By: Cleveland Amory List Price: $12.99 Amazon Price: $10.39 Editorial Review: 'Tis the night before Christmas when a self-described curmudgeon rescues a bedraggled feline from a snowy New York City alley . . . . Thus begins this tale of a man and his cat-or, rather, of a cat and his man-a touching, timeless, and inspiring story about the animal/human bond and the spirit of the holiday season.  By: Cleveland Amory List Price: $12.95 Amazon Price: $11.01 Editorial Review: Despite his hard-knock beginnings, Polar Bear is finicky about his newfound fame. Will nine lives be enough for him to answer all his fan mail? This tale of two curmudgeons will tickle the fancy of everyone who has ever been owned by a cat. And it doesn't end here-Polar Bear's fans won't want to miss the third and most poignant installment of the trilogy: The Best Cat Ever.  By: Cleveland Amory List Price: $19.99 Amazon Price: $17.99 Editorial Review: In the wake of his #1 bestseller The Cat Who Came for Christmas-now a perennial holiday classic-Cleveland Amory recorded the further adventures of Polar Bear, the feisty stray cat who adopted him one Christmas Eve, in these two heartwarming bestsellers that received worldwide acclaim.  By: Cleveland Amory List Price: $15.00 Amazon Price: $15.00 |
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