TALES OF A RAT-HUNTING MAN. By Brian Plummer.
(1978) 1980s reprint. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp142. B/w illustrations by Martin Knowelden. Brown boards.
Brian Plummer holds forth on the subject of the rat, and his part in its downfall. With this book, "Brian Plummer scores again ...This is a view of rats by someone who has spent much of his life pursuing them, and it is both a serious book on rats and their habits and a further instalment of his own autobiography, as eccentric and entertaining as before - not to say macabre (...hunting rats in a maggot factory?) ...A fascinating book, invaluable to the hunter and terrier-owner." Chapters include: Black and brown rats - and never the twain shall meet; The Real McCoy - the brown rat; The hunting of the rat; Ferrets; Ratting dogs; The rat pits; Training a terrier to rat; Of rats and men; Mexborough, glorious Mexborough; The way south; The Midlands.
Brian Plummer holds forth on the subject of the rat, and his part in its downfall. With this book, "Brian Plummer scores again ...This is a view of rats by someone who has spent much of his life pursuing them, and it is both a serious book on rats and their habits and a further instalment of his own autobiography, as eccentric and entertaining as before - not to say macabre (...hunting rats in a maggot factory?) ...A fascinating book, invaluable to the hunter and terrier-owner." Chapters include: Black and brown rats - and never the twain shall meet; The Real McCoy - the brown rat; The hunting of the rat; Ferrets; Ratting dogs; The rat pits; Training a terrier to rat; Of rats and men; Mexborough, glorious Mexborough; The way south; The Midlands.
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Book Code
22699
| Author | Plummer (David Brian). (1936-2003). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 22699 |
| ISBN | 0851150977 / 0851150977. |
| Book Description | Lean to spine, browning and use. Good copy in soiled and frayed dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1978 |
| Publisher | The Boydell Press. |
| Place | Ipswich. |