Making the Most of All Nine Lives: The Extraordinary Life of Buffy the Cat

By Sandy Robins and Paul Smulson

If cats really did have nine lives, none would live all of them as fully as Buffy, an orange tabby from the suburbs of Chicago. Buffy has been a bartender, a judge, a DJ, a teacher, and a dental hygienist. Like many who live and work in a city, he spends his days eating breakfast, commuting on public transit, going grocery shopping, and enjoying a cold beverage at the end of a long day. There are the chores—mowing the lawn, chopping firewood—but then on weekends, he plays at the beach, takes the kayak out on the water, goes fishing, and relaxes by listening to music. Follow Buffy along on 100 of his adventures, depicted in full-color photography, and learn what it means to make the most of all nine lives!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Independent Publishers Group
• Release date: Apr 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9781633194502

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Mitch Rogatz and Michelle Bruton at Triumph Books and the wonderful Erin Niumata of the Folio Literary Agency for making this book happen. Also to Alice Smulson, Buffy’s personal seamstress along with Bruce Rich, Robin Smulson, and Mike Sandler for their invaluable creative input and support.

Introduction

My first thought, after giggling over a collection of photographs of Buffy the Cat playing golf, perfecting his karate chop, going fishing with the boys, flying a plane, and going on a drug bust with the Chicago police, is that my cats would never allow me to take them places. Further, they won’t play dress-up, let alone hold a pose for more than two seconds. Unthinkable! This is probably true for most members of the Felis Catus family….

And that’s what makes Buffy so extraordinary—a one-in-a-million cat.

Making the Most of All Nine Lives: The Extraordinary Life of Buffy the Cat highlights some of the special moments when Buffy’s dad, photographer Paul Smulson, brought out his camera and captured the very unique human side of Buffy’s personality. His expressions instinctively capture the action on hand. Nobody taught him or coaxed him, and there’s no trick