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The pictures are well post-war, but, I'm sure Sam Clemens loved his cats, during the 1860s, too.
Sam and his pool-buddy.
He made the whole world laugh. Yet Mark Twain was often an unhappy, overly nervous man. He needed relaxation to keep on an even keel ... to sharpen his mind and wit. His cats were his safety-valve.
Whenever he played pool, he'd tuck a small kitten into a corner pocket. The antics of the little animal as it pawed at passing balls amused and relaxed Sam Clemens, sent him back in high spirits to write the stories that endeared him to all.
“I simply can’t resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest,
cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside of the girl you love, of course.”
Mark Twains Cats, 1887
“If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man,
but it would deteriorate the cat.”
“When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.”
cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside of the girl you love, of course.”
Mark Twains Cats, 1887
“If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man,
but it would deteriorate the cat.”
“When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.”
Sam and his pool-buddy.
He made the whole world laugh. Yet Mark Twain was often an unhappy, overly nervous man. He needed relaxation to keep on an even keel ... to sharpen his mind and wit. His cats were his safety-valve.
Whenever he played pool, he'd tuck a small kitten into a corner pocket. The antics of the little animal as it pawed at passing balls amused and relaxed Sam Clemens, sent him back in high spirits to write the stories that endeared him to all.