Download or read book Dick and His Cat and Other Tales written by Edith Carrington and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: is the English folklore surrounding the real-life Richard Whittington (c. 1354-1423), wealthy merchant and later Lord Mayor of London. The legend describes his rise from poverty-stricken childhood with the fortune he made through the sale of his cat to a rat-infested country. However, the real Whittington did not come from a poor family of common stock, and there is no compelling evidence supporting the stories about the cat, or even whether he owned one.