Dewey: The small-town library-cat who touched the world

Vicki Myron

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Biography: general, Autobiography: general, Prose: non-fiction, Natural history

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The story of how one adorable and lovably roguish library cat touched the lives of everyone he came into contact with.

On the coldest morning of the year, Vicki Myron found a tiny, bedraggled kitten almost frozen to death in the night drop box of the library where she worked, and her life - and the town of Spencer, Iowa - would never be the same.

Vicki was a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm and an alcoholic, abusive husband. But her biggest challenge as the new head librarian in Spencer was to raise the spirits of a small, out-of-the-way town mired deep in the farm crisis of the 1980s.

Dewey, as the townspeople named the kitten, quickly grew into a strutting, adorable library cat whose antics kept patrons in stitches, and whose sixth sense about those in need created hundreds of deep and loving friendships. As his fame grew, people drove hundreds of miles to meet Dewey, and people all over the world fell in love with him.

Through it all, Dewey remained a loyal companion, a beacon of hope not just for Vicki, but for the entire town of Spencer as it slowly, steadily pulled itself up from the worst financial crisis in its long history. Dewey won hearts and proved to everyone he encountered that unconditional love comes in many forms.

Praise for Dewey: The small-town library-cat who touched the world

'A HUGELY ENJOYABLE true story of how one adorable library cat touched the lives of everyone who met him - Australian Women's Weekly
'Moving' - Herald Sun
Dewey will do for cats what Marley & Me did for dogs - Alive Sydney
A delightful read - Manly Daily

Vicki Myron

Vicky Myron grew up on a family farm in northwest Iowa. She began as an assistant librarian at the Spencer library. Within a few years, she was promoted to director of the library.
As a single mother, Vicky worked towards a masters degree for librarians during weekends and nights. It was then that she met Dewey, who made his home at the library and kept her company late nights while she studied.
Before retiring from the library, Vicki had worked at the Spencer Library for over 25 years.