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MRS. CHIPPY'S LAST EXPEDITION The Remarkable Journey of Shackleton's Polar-Bound Cat

Earphones Award Winner

by | Read by Steven Crossley

Fiction • 4 hrs. • Unabridged • © 1997

Here's a story to rank among favorite animal stories for grown-ups of all time. With a lovely, witty, British touch, Caroline Alexander composes a cat's-eye journal of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Antarctic expedition. Mrs. Chippy keeps an excellent log of shipboard duties, events, and feline observations. Steven Crossley is quite brilliant, making Mrs. Chippy as endearing to listeners as he, Chippy, was to the Endurance crew. Chippy's Scottish burr--for he is mate of Scots ship's carpenter Chipps--is distinct as he reviews daily routines, such as the seal watch or a casual stroll across the top of the sled dog kennels. Crossley also portrays the other crew members with warmth and distinction. He delivers every nuance of inquisitiveness, casual perusal, or disdain (usually for the dogs), which just enriches the researched detail of the voyage. R.F.W. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/NOV 00]

Book pak • Recorded Books • 1998

CS ISBN 0788720031 $26.00 • Three cassettes

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Book pak • Recorded Books • 1998

CS ISBN 0788720031 $26.00 • Three cassettes

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