RaveThe Wall Street JournalThis is a very good book. It is about pit bulls. Well, no, actually. It is about pit bulls and their relationships with people. And it is about people and their relationships with other people and the awful power of stereotypes and economic inequality ... Ms. Dickey has earned her reputation as a first-rate reporter. Here she has interviewed more than 350 people in 15 states, including dog rescuers, trainers, breeders, veterinarians, victims of dog bites, police and animal behaviorists. She has also trawled through archives, historic photographs and eyewitness accounts. Her fundamental argument—persuasively made, in large part thanks to the sheer quantity and quality of her research—is that pit bulls are no more inherently aggressive than any other breed.
