{"product_id":"the-trench-cat-of-ypres-1917-paperback","title":"The Trench Cat of Ypres - 1917 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Champion\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mud and the madness, they built a kingdom too small for the war to see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYpres Salient, 1917.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrivate Tommy Finch buys a scruffy ginger cat for a shilling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOfficially, she is a ratter, meant to keep the trenches free of vermin. Unofficially, she becomes something else entirely: a silent companion in the mud and terror of the Western Front, an early warning system for shellfire and gas, and a small, living responsibility in a world dominated by death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the cat-Penny-gives birth to kittens in a captured trench, the fragile family becomes a secret project for Tommy's section, a quiet act of care against the vast, indifferent machinery of war. But in an army governed by discipline and necessity, such attachments are dangerous. Orders are given. Choices narrow. What can be protected, and at what cost?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Trench Cat of Ypres is a spare, deeply grounded story of the First World War. Set entirely within the trench systems of Belgium, it tells a small story about unofficial lives lived alongside soldiers-lives rarely recorded, easily erased, and fiercely held onto all the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49549348831387,"sku":"9781918219548","price":17.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/4602\/1275\/files\/Qut3BORlYW9781918219548.webp?v=1789615103","url":"https:\/\/www.statesideqm.com\/products\/the-trench-cat-of-ypres-1917-paperback","provider":"Stateside Quartermaster, Ltd.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}