Tractor the Australian Wonder Cat

About the Book

“This is the tale of the charm of a little kitten melting the heart of a person who held serious misgivings about him ………but not only did Tractor win, he and Pete became inseparable mates.”

About the Author

Peter Hurdwell was born in London in 1937 and as with many children of that era experienced the traumas of living in war torn London during World War II. After leaving school he joined the office of a London insurance broker before being conscripted into the British Army in 1955 where most of his army service was spent in the occupied British Zone of post war Germany. 1964 was to become a watershed in his life when he joined his two brothers and sister-in-law to drive from London to Kathmandu in two ancient ex army Willys Jeeps and an old Bedford van purchased to fifty pounds. After a journey lasting over five months they eventually arrived in Australia where they all settled. He remained single for the next thirty years but had the good fortune to meet Wendy, his future wife during a short trip to Toronto, Canada. They married the following year. He and Wendy now live in Sydney but make annual trips to stay with family in Canada.