Ship's Cats in war and peace.
by LEWIS, VAL:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- FINE./FINE.
- ISBN 10
- 0953045811
- ISBN 13
- 9780953045815
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,reprinted revised edn.[Originally published in 2001, then revised in 2002,now reprinted,Oct 2004.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and unclipped dw/dj.Glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated upper wrap; book synopsis to rear wrap.The illustration,by Welsh illustrator Gwyn Hughes,represents a meeting between Winston Churchill and a ships' cat given the same name after the meeting.Negligible shelf-wear,minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean also.Maroon paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,reprint revised edn,ii-viiipp+1-199pp includes title page,chapters+illustrations lists,82 chapters,56 b/w illus/photographs throughout the text and book,a biblio,an index,and publisher advert to rear. It was a moment a ship's cat shared with great men making history in a time of crisis.In August 1941 Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, sailed aboard the battleship HMS Prince of Wales to meet USA President Franklin Roosevelt.America was not yet in the war.Germany had marched on Russia,which Churchill thought would be overrun.His mission: to persuade America to provide aid "on a gigantic scale" to Russia,with the effort co-ordinated by Britain.Roosevelt was aboard the heavy cruiser Augusta and the two ships met at Placentia Bay, Newfoundland.As Churchill,attended by a five-man guard,prepared to step off the Prince of Wales,the ship's cat approached,seemingly to wish him well or to go aboard the Augusta too.It provided a moment for smiles from all ranks on both ships before the serious business began. From August 11,in three days of negotiation,Churchill's team secured the American commitment they sought: more merchant ships to bring bombers and tanks to Britain,an escort of five destroyers and a cruiser for every North Atlantic convoy,taking over patrolling much of the ocean and delivering bombers and training to Britain and her forces in North Africa.Further,Roosevelt and Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter,setting out their vision for the world after the war,with its far-reaching pledge "to respect the rights of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they live".The ship's cat was promptly renamed Churchill after his moment of fame was photographed for the world's press. Searching for an idea for a book with a nautical focus,the author realised there had been books written about ships and books written about cats, but nobody seemed to have written one about ships' cats.On investigation,she found numerous true stories of ships' cats that had sailed with famous explorers,ships' cats that earned medals for bravery, ships' cats that accompanied lone round-the-world sailors and even ships' cats that were bewitched.So it seemed a good idea to compile a book about them.These are their stories,in war and peace,discovery and disaster,fact and fable,poetry and ballad. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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- Title
- Ship's Cats in war and peace.
- Author
- LEWIS, VAL:
- Illustrator
- illus with contemporary b/w photographs.
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- FINE.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,reprint revised edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0953045811
- ISBN 13
- 9780953045815
- Publisher
- UK.MIDDLESEX.NAUTICALIA,2004.
- Place of Publication
- Shepperton
- This edition first published
- September 2001
- Keywords
- q52.NAUTICAL.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj.ISBN 0953045811.Ships' cats_journeys.Felis Sylvestris Libyaca.Cats_Abyssinian_Burmese_Egyptian_Manx_Persian_Siamese.Felis Maniculata.Animals in War.Books new,used,signed.rare.
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