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Profile of Cleveland Amory
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Cleveland Amory |
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2nd September 1917 |
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Nahant, Massachusetts, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Cleveland Amory (1917 - October 14, 1998) was an author who devoted his life to promoting animal rights. He was best known for his books about his cat, named Polar Bear, whom he saved from the New York Streets on Christmas Eve, 1977.
Amory co-founded the Humane Society of the United States and founded the Fund for Animals. Amory was also the president of NEAVS (New England Anti Vivisection Society) from 1987 to 1998.
Works
Books
- The Cat Who Came for Christmas
- The Cat and the Curmudgeon
- The Best Cat Ever
- The Proper Bostonians
- Who killed society?
- Cleveland Amory's Compleat Cat
- The last resorts
- Animail
- Newport: There she sits
- Cat Tales: Classic Stories from Favorite Writers
- Man Kind? Our Incredible War on Wildlife
- 1902 Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog
- The Trouble with Nowadays : A Curmudgeon Strikes Back
- Ranch of Dreams: A Lifelong Protector of Animals Shares the Story of His Extraordinary Sanctuary
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