20 Of The Cutest Maine Coon Kittens – The Gentle Giants, Waiting To Grow Up

The very first mention of the Maine Coon was in The Book of the Cat written by F.R. Pierce in 1861. He explains the arrival of Maine Coons this way: As for how and when they came, I would say, like Topsy, they just 'growed,' for their advent reaches far back beyond the memory of the oldest inhabitant.