Old Possums Katzenbuch

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"Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" is the renowned collection of cat poems for children and lovers of the whimsical, in which T. S. Eliot brings cats to life as they dance, purr, and chatter delightfully. Eliot originally wrote these cat poems for his godchildren. First published in England in 1939, the collection also inspired "Cats," the most famous musical of all time. A devoted cat lover himself, Eliot reflects on the nature of cats in general and the essence of each individual cat in particular, gathering them all here: the Grim Tiger, the Rum Tum Tugger, Old Deuteronomy, the Cat that Walks by Himself, Rumpus Cat and Ratter, the magical Mr. Mistoffelees, and Puss in Boots, once famously known as the arch-villain Firefurzfickel and the sweet-talking Schmeckerjan.