Amory, Cleveland. The cat who came for Christmas, London : Transworld, 2011.

Author Cleveland Amory, a distinguished American journalist, satirist and novelist, who also founded The Fund for Animals in 1967, has written this book about a starving, injured white stray cat which he rescued from an ally way in New York on Christmas Eve.  It covers the first year of their lives together, as Amory, who prefers dogs over cats comes to terms with the fact that this large white cat who he names Polar Bear has captured his heart and changes his life forever. This is a heart-warming tale of feline and human nature which is beautifully written and often hilarious as this stubborn, uncompromising, single-minded cat and Amory share many adventures together and Amory learns what it is like to be owned by a cat.

Cleveland died aged 81 in 1998, and was buried next to his beloved cat, Polar Bear.