The Crossbreed
1968

This young adult nature novel tells the story of the life of a crossbred cat -- the offspring of a mating between a large feral female house cat and a much larger wild bobcat. The story follows the adventures of the cat from the time of his birth in southern Wisconsin: his precarious and near-fatal experience in a flash flood, a rescue by a young boy who adopts him and their accidental separation in an incident which takes the cat far away to Arkansas, where he is hunted and mistreated by many people as he gradually makes his way overland back to the place of his birth. This book was a selection of Reader's Digest Condensed Books and was originally published in hardcover in 1968 by Little, Brown & Co., Boston, MA, and in paperback in 1969 by Bantam, NYC. Having gone out of print in both editions after many years, the book has recently been reprinted in a softcover books-on-demand format by iUniverse.com, Lincoln, NE, and may be ordered by calling their toll-free number, 1-877-823-9235.

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