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Title: Mrs Chippy the Cat
Author: BROCKER SUSAN
Illustrator: MCGRATH RAYMOND
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/07/2021
Imprint: SCHOLASTIC
Price: $17.00
Publishing status: Active
This is the tale of Mrs Chippy, a tomcat who was a loyal and loved companion to the crew on Ernest Shackleton s 1914 expedition to the Antarctic aboard the Endurance. The cat proved to be a great rat-catcher, and the crew felt he was their lucky charm. The ship s carpenter, Chippy McNeish, is buried in Karori Cemetery in Wellington, and a statue of the cat lies on his grave.
ISBN: 9781775437086
Dimension: 265mm X 215mm
Pages: 32