A.L.Padden

Author Amy Lynn Padden loves history, folklore, and the sea.

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Cats on Ships

Until 1975, British law required ships to have a cat aboard. It wasn’t just the Brits who had mousers. On the Great Lakes, many ships, both salties and lakers, had cats as part of their crew. Mice were considered pests aboard a ship, raiding kitchens and biting through ropes and sails, so in my new

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