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Title: Rats : Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan ISBN: 1-58234-385-3 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Pub. Date: 03 April, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Rats : Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's
Comment: Though the title may give readers pause, this unusual book is highly enjoyable. Sullivan, a New Yorker and author of another fascinating urban natural history, The Meadowlands, became interested in rats when he saw an Audubon painting featuring a rodent and learned that the artist was a New Yorker in his final years. After spending a year (spring 2001 to spring 2002) observing some rats in one Manhattan alley, mostly at night, he reports his observations here. These are augmented by conversations with exterminators, health officers, and scientists, as well as material on the origin of rats and how they spread to Europe and the United States. Sullivan also throws in juicy tidbits on garbage, extermination, the plague, and what rats eat. Students of New York social history will also enjoy Sullivan's inclusions of pertinent sections on rent strikes, the founding of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the battle to outlaw rat fights, and more. Well written and fun to read, this book has only one drawback: a lack of more detailed information on rat biology. Recommended for all natural history and large urban collections
Rating: 5
Summary: King of Rats
Comment: Rats are entirely indestructable. Their will to live is stronger than humans. They survive by eating our garbage. They took over NYC a few times in the 20th century. While rat facts are interesting, most people live by the myths. Robert Sullivan gets to know the war between city dweller and city rat. He spends a year observing an alley in lower Manhattan. This book is funny, smart, horrible and entertaining.
Rating: 1
Summary: There is a rat here alright!
Comment: I am amazed at the good press that Rats received. Public Radio interviews, reviews in the major mags. Seemed like a must read. What a bust. There is very little about Rats in this book---not more than a few pages. If you are interested in obscure New York History (which is not even slightly connected to rats) then this is the book for you. The book continues to get great reviews, even in this forum. I must have missed something.
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Title: The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History by John M. Barry ISBN: 0670894737 Publisher: Viking Books Pub. Date: 05 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss ISBN: 1592400876 Publisher: Gotham Books Pub. Date: 12 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: The Island at the Center of the World : The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan, the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America by RUSSELL SHORTO ISBN: 0385503490 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 16 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: The Devil's Playground : A Century of Pleasure and Profit in Times Square by JAMES TRAUB ISBN: 0375507884 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 16 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime by William Langewiesche ISBN: 0865475814 Publisher: North Point Press Pub. Date: 12 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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