Book Review: A Cat Named Darwin (2002)

How a stray cat changed a man into a human being
by William Jordan

2002, Houghton Mifflin, 187 pages

DarwinThis book caught my attention as a loaner from a special lady friend via my mom, both cat lovers.  I thought it would make a nice change of pace from works on political morality or economy, and I was right.

Like the author, Bill Jordan, I have a long history of relative disconnection from animal planet, whether the wide variety of wild fauna or domesticated pets.  (My dear late brother Forrest was the true animal lover in the family; he possessed a rare sensitivity to all living things. He provided the family with the impetus to acquire dogs, cats, goldfish, and so on, and the inclination to care for them.) Continue reading