![]() ![]() He's always loved people and meetings.Īfter nursing the kitten back to health, she named him "Dewey" after Melvil Dewey, the creator of the Dewey Decimal System. From day one, we felt he'd be the right personality for the public. We warmed him up and fed him, and he just purred and cuddled. In 2006, Myron explained the confusion surrounding Dewey's discovery: We didn't know if someone abandoned him or if a Good Samaritan found him on the street and shoved him in the book drop to get him out of the cold. On January 18, 1988, Vicki Myron was unlocking the doors, gathering returns, and otherwise preparing the Spencer Public Library for another day of literary service when she discovered an eight-week-old male kitten in the book drop box. Dewey may be an early meme, but he was also a pretty cool cat. Throughout Dewey's 19 years, he touched hearts and inspired his librarian mom to write about his life story in books like There's a Cat in the Library and Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World. ![]() In the 1980s, America fell in love with Dewey Readmore Books, a convolutedly named cat who lived in the Spencer Public Library in Spencer, Iowa. ![]()
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