Mystery of the Fat Cat

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Dutton, 1968 - Juvenile Fiction - 160 pages
When their club, threatened by lack of finances, is forced to close down, four friends devise a scheme to locate the fat aging tomcat whose inheritance, destined eventually to go to the club, is being shared by a sly lawyer and the cat's caretaker.

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Average Male Cat
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About the author (1968)

Frank Bonham was born on February 25, 1914 in Los Angeles. He was a graduate of UCLA. Bonham was known for his works for young adults written in the 1960s, with tough, realistic urban settings such as The Nitty Gritty and Durango Street. He also wrote several westerns. Several of his works have been published posthumously, many of which were drawn from his magazine stories, originally published between 1941 and 1952. Durango Street was an ALA Notable Book. His novels include Dakota Man: Western Stories, Devil's Graze: Western Stories, and The Dark Border: A Western Quartet. Frank Bonham passed away in 1988 at the age of 74.

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TitleMystery of the Fat Cat
AuthorFrank Bonham
Illustrated byAlvin Smith
Editionillustrated
PublisherDutton, 1968
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedNov 30, 2006
ISBN052535588X, 9780525355885
Length160 pages
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Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories
Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / African American & Black
  
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