Philippa Sandall

I was expecting something more humorous and more cat-focused. This was more maritime history with particular focus on Australian seafaring. The parts about cats on the ships were cute, but disappointingly brief. I guess we can't expect much when it comes to scrounging up ships logs. It got pretty redundant fairly quickly - ships had rats, cats were put on ships to address the rats, cats were also companion and mascot animals, sometimes they fell off the ships and would be rescued.

It took me show more a while to get through because I found it fairly boring, thus not keeping my attention. I'm sure avid cat and maritime history lovers would enjoy it more than me. show less

valentines day present from Chris. Mostly ship's logs, letters, diaries or newspaper articles having to do with cats on board ships. How could u go wrong. Discovered that Benjamin Franklin's great great grandson was on the Maine when it blew up and he had the foresight to save the ship's cat. Just one of many fun stories