- Library Binding: 64 pages
- Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers; New edition edition (15 Sep 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0791054640
- ISBN-13: 978-0791054642
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 17.8 x 1.3 cm
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- #45 in Books > Children's Books > Hobbies & Interests > Animals & Pets > Cats
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A guide to the history, feeding, grooming, exhibition, temperament, health, and breeding of Maine coon cats.
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Steeped in myth, folklore, conjecture, and fact, the Maine Coon has rightfully become one of the most popular cat breeds in America. Read the first page
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
A good 38 page start that doesn't make it to the finish line
28 Feb 2001
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"Guide to Owning a Maine Coon Cat" starts out strong with a detailed exposition of the various Maine Coon origin theories: the 'Marie Antoinette'; the 'Viking'; the 'Racoon cross'; the 'Lynx cross', among others (I favor the 'Viking' since Maine Coons and Norwegian Forest Cats look an awful lot alike).
The author then spends a good deal of print on the Maine Coon personality and the breed standard and colors. The photographs are beautiful, professional and in color.
It's when we get to the chapters on care, grooming, and feeding that this book strays away from Maine Coons and becomes generic and uninteresting. The photographs deteriorate into advertisements for various grooming and food products. Some show the covers of other books from the same firm that published this book, i.e. T.F.H. Publications, Inc.
Go ahead and buy this book, but buy it for the first 38 pages.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Half-baked Book
26 May 1999
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The first half of this book is very good detailing the Maine Coon breed, history and standards. Wonderful photos. The second half fails miserably. It is too generic. It does not go into specific details about this particular breed. It just gives the general feeding and caring patterns which are similar to other cats and other books that I have read. It does not tell you what the ideal weight should be, etc. Another area that it fails is to tell you about a specific hereditary trait which I found out about on the internet: hip dysplasia. So only two stars for this book.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Very glitzy pictures of the many faces of Maine Coon cats.
13 July 1999
Format:Paperback
The basic content of this book is generic to all cats, but what sets it apart from others is the very high quality of its pictures.
The reader can get a very good idea of all the background, behavioral characteristics as well as colors and patterns without a lot of further research. Easy reading for the new MC owner but not as complete as "That Yankee Cat," or "This is the Maine Coon Cat."
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