Joseph Mitchell wrote about rats during the World War II period in his classic The New Yorker essay, "Rats on the Waterfront," published in 1945. The story, which is set in the Washington and Gansevoort markets in New York City, details the large population of rats that had taken over the areas before they were abandoned in 1942.
- Subject of the story: The essay is a detailed and vivid account of the rat population in the city's waterfront markets.
- Rats' behavior: Mitchell quotes an exterminator describing the rats as quick-witted and experienced, even noting one anecdote where a rat used a crisp packet to cover a glue trap. The rats were described as snarling when their nests, like desk drawers, were disturbed.
- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1944/04/29/thirty-two-rats-from-casablanca
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