Cat Culture & History
Mousers to Memes: The Wild, Whisker-Filled Ride of How Cats Took Over America
Long before Grumpy Cat had a New York Times bestseller and cat cafes started popping up in cities from Portland to Philadelphia, cats were earning their keep on colonial ships and frontier farms. The story of how the American cat went from hardworking rodent patrol to full-blown cultural icon is wilder — and funnier — than you might expect.