Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants: Observations On The History And Habitat Of The City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants - Softcover

"Sullivan persuasively associates the truth' he learns about rats with a deeper understanding of both the history of New York City and the essence of mankind."

"The author excels at fluid and witty prose."

." a rollicking, richly drawn history.[he] offers up a parade of eccentric characters who deserve to be in the movies."

." a rollicking, richly drawn history.Ýhe¨ offers up a parade of eccentric characters who deserve to be in the movies."

"ÝApproaches¨ his fleet-footed, fast-food-loving quarry with a naturalist's curiosity and a storyteller's fluency."

"Eloquent."
"Hugely entertaining."
"An urban Thoreau..."
"Sullivan beguiles us with remarkable tales about an inexhaustible topic."
.".. a rollicking, richly drawn history...[he] offers up a parade of eccentric characters who deserve to be in the movies."

The author of Meadowlands and A Whale Hunt dispenses rat facts and entertaining rat stories, looks into the history of rats, and describes how, with the aid of a notebook and night-vision gear, he sat nightly in a garbage-filled alley getting to know the wild city rat. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.