Description - Seafurrers by Philippa Sandall
While the extraordinary exploits of the seafarers who mapped the world have been well documented, those of their indispensable pest controllers, shipmates, and mascots haven’t - until now. Drawing on journals, newspaper reports, photographs, and more, Seafurrers provides us with a cat’s-eye view of maritime history. Forty tales recount the adventures of these valiant felines and point out nuggets of trivia along the way, including:
The math behind the damage rats could do on ships
How flying fish (and even squid) “fly”
Why cats don’t get scurvy.
This deft genealogy of cat-human friendship is sure to leave readers with a new appreciation of the cats who helped us at sea (and those we helplessly serve at home).
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