Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched The World

To Dewey’s doctors, Dr. James Esterly, Dr. Sophi Franck, and Dr. Tom Beall, for taking gentle care of him. To “Ashes To Ashes” for donating cremation of Dewey’s remains along with his fur basket to keep him warm and Marty Mouse to keep him company. To Warner Funeral Home, thank you for donating Dewey’s memorial stone.

And, finally, to Dewey, my magical little buddy for more than nineteen years. I can still feel the heartstring that connects us, and I will never let go.

Special Thanks to the great lowa writer Bill Kinsella, whom I had long admired but never met, for his wonderful endorsement and for allowing me to paraphrase from his book Shoeless Joe (and the movie based on it, Field of Dreams) on page 129. No one will ever express the magic of Iowa any better.