Cleveland Amory

It was on a cold Christmas Eve night many years ago in New York that  a stray cat found a new, loving home. His rescuer was I then crusty 60 year old curmudgeon, an author and TV and radio critic named Cleveland Amory.  Well, Amory named his new furry white companion PPolar Bear.  And in 1987, when Amory wrote a book called The Cat Who Came For Christmas, Polar Bear became a celebrity. This was my first interview with Cleveland Amory, but it was not the last. We talked several times over the next few years.