Showing posts with label Barnett (S. Anthony). Show all posts
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Sunday, February 7, 2016

The Story of Rats: Their Impact On Us, and Our Impact On Them (nonfiction book) by S. Anthony Barnett

The Story of Rats is nonfiction, originally published in 2001. I may have owned it for almost that long.

I've opted not to include a read-alikes list.

Review:

I first became interested in rats after being required to train a rat to do various tasks in an Intro to Psychology class in college. I ended up getting myself a pet rat (not realizing at the time that they should at least be kept in pairs) and have had a total of five rats over the years. I also spent several months writing a paper on various aspects of rodent control. I've read a bunch of nonfiction books on rats, and S. Anthony Barnett's is one of my favorites. However, it's been maybe a decade since I last read it, so I figured a reread was in order. Also, my last pair of rats died long enough ago that I figured rereading this wouldn't make me too sad.