{"id":16994,"date":"2025-10-25T10:23:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/?post_type=book&#038;p=16994"},"modified":"2025-10-25T10:23:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:23:54","slug":"the-journey-of-neil-the-great-dixter-cat-a-true-story","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/the-journey-of-neil-the-great-dixter-cat-a-true-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The Journey of Neil the Great Dixter Cat: A True Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16992 wp-img alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover_Final3-425x528.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover_Final3-425x528.jpg 425w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover_Final3-664x825.jpg 664w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover_Final3-768x954.jpg 768w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover_Final3-1236x1536.jpg 1236w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover_Final3-375x466.jpg 375w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover_Final3-1200x1491.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cover_Final3.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/>We love all our new books, but some stand out. \u00a0<em>The Journey of Neil, the Great Dixter Cat, <\/em>presented to the library by Fergus Garrett during his September visit to Seattle, tells the fascinating story of a kitten from the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan who came to be a popular fixture at the well-known garden in Sussex. Written by Honey Moga, the kitten&#8217;s naming, personality, friendships with Fergus and others at Great Dixter, and adventures with the garden&#8217;s resident dachshunds, Conifer and Miscanthus are all presented in Dabin Han&#8217;s lively illustrations, along with key elements of the history of Afghanistan. Check it out!<\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by Laura Blumhagen<\/p>\n<p>Excerpted from\u00a0<em>The Leaflet<\/em>, Volume 12, Issue 10, October 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We love all our new books, but some stand out. \u00a0The Journey of Neil, the Great Dixter Cat, presented to the library by Fergus Garrett during his September visit to Seattle, tells the fascinating story of a kitten from the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan who came to be a popular fixture at the well-known garden in Sussex. Written by Honey Moga, the kitten&#8217;s naming, personality, friendships with Fergus and others at Great Dixter, and adventures with the garden&#8217;s resident dachshunds,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/book\/the-journey-of-neil-the-great-dixter-cat-a-true-story\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Journey of Neil the Great Dixter Cat: A True Story<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[],"class_list":["post-16994","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book\/16994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/book"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=16994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}