Little Matey: A make-believe legend about Blackbeard the Pirate's cat set on Ocracoke Island

By Pat Garber

Little Matey is a make-believe legend about a cat who is adopted by Blackbeard the Pirate to catch the rats on his ship, and who ends up living on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina. It is illustrated by the author. The story is based on historical fact, although no one knows if Blackbeard actually had a cat, or if its name was Little Matey. It is told from the cat's perspective. Ocracoke has been, for as long as anyone can remember, home to a large number of free-roaming feral cats. Where they originally came from is unknown, but the author imagines a scenario in which they came to the island on the ships of Blackbeard and another pirate. Little Matey and Grog, another pirate cat she meets at Ocracoke, are present when the battle at Teache's Hole takes place and Blackbeard is defeated. She and Grog stay on the island and begin a family--the supposed ancestors of the feral cats of Ocracoke today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1727819241
• ISBN13: 9781727819243
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.1" x 8.5"