Eager is a disappointment to this reader. The writing was troubling and it was neither a scientific review or a journalist's coverage of a very large topic about the largest rodent in North America. In several areas of the book the writing seemed to be more interested in writing witty journalism rather than dealing with the facts of wildlife management.

Eager was a very poor choice for a title of this tome. I was disappointed by the Introduction by Dan Flores.
I found very little of this book I could identify with.

I was very glad that I waited to get a copy from the local public library than to wait for a Good reads give away or to spend hard earned cash to buy this book.