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Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History (2016)

de Dan Flores

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History. Science. Nonfiction. HTML: With its uncanny night howls, unrivaled ingenuity, and amazing resilience, the coyote is the stuff of legends. In Indian folktales it often appears as a deceptive trickster or a sly genius. But legends don't come close to capturing the incredible survival story of the coyote. As soon as Americans�??especially white Americans�??began ranching and herding in the West, they began working to destroy the coyote. Despite campaigns of annihilation employing poisons, gases, helicopters, and engineered epidemics, coyotes didn't just survive, they thrived, expanding across the continent from Anchorage, Alaska, to New York's Central Park. In the war between humans and coyotes, coyotes have won hands-down. Coyote America is both an environmental and a deep natural history of the coyote. It traces both the five-million-year-long biological story of an animal that has become the "wolf" in our backyards, as well as its cultural evolution from a preeminent spot in Native American religions to the hapless foil of the Road Runner. A deeply American tale, the story of the coyote in the American West and beyond is a sort of Manifest Destiny in reverse, with a pioneering hero whose career holds up an uncanny mirror to the successes and failures of American expansionism. An illuminating biography of this extraordinary animal, Coyote America isn't just the story of an animal's survival�??it is one of the great epics of our t… (mais)

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TW/CW: Some sexuality, stories of animal attacks, death of coyotes, mild language

RATING: 4.5/5

REVIEW: Coyote America is a non-fiction book which focuses on the evolution, survival, and importance of the coyote (canis latrans) – which happens to be my favorite wild animal.

I found this book to be really fascinating. The first part of the book covers the Native American legends and scientific evolution of the coyote. The second part talks mainly about the attempts by American government (and ranchers) to destroy them, and the final section talks about coyote expansion into cities and how they are learning to co-habitate with humans.

The author seems to be very pro-coyote, which I definitely approve of.

This was a fascinating book to me and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning more about one of the Americas’ most fascinating indigenous animals. (

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Anniik | Jan 3, 2024 |

fascinating look into the history of this hardy predator... (

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prasta | Nov 17, 2022 |

I live in an area where we almost daily hear of a coyote sighting, so this book spurred my curiosity. It covers the history of the coyote in the Americas, starting with legends of the past and moving into the dispersion of the coyote into areas where they have not historically been present.

Coyotes are now prevalent in all urban areas. Their biology predisposes them to survive and thrive, and the science behind their persistence is explained in detail. This book paints them in a positive light. It is geared toward treating coyotes with environmentally sound methods, rather than repeating the prior history of attempting to annihilate them.

I think the response to this book will depend on how much the reader already knows about the coyote. It is oriented toward those with little previous exposure. I found it worthwhile, but it does not cover much new ground.
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Castlelass | Oct 30, 2022 |

I just kept falling asleep every time I read it. Maybe I'll revisit this, I skimmed through a lot of the book (1/3rd) and just didn't' find myself captivated. I have a rule that if the book will be a slog to get through, I just abandon it. (See the other Limbos in the list). But like all Limbo'd books, I may revisit one day. Who knows.

bhiggs | Jul 26, 2021 |

This book should have been entitled "The War Against Coyotes." If you wanted an detailed scientific academic history of the money, policies and policies of the war against coyotes, then this book is for you. If, like me, you wanted information about coyotes habits, lifestyle and misadventures, you need to go elsewhere. This book didn't get to the soul of the coyote until the epilogue. It read like an atempt to turn a Ph D thesis into a book. A much better book is "The Voice of the Coyote" by J. Frank Dobie. (

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TheBigV | May 9, 2021 |

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With its uncanny night howls, unrivaled ingenuity, and amazing resilience, the coyote is the stuff of legends. In Indian folktales it often appears as a deceptive trickster or a sly genius. But legends don't come close to capturing the incredible survival story of the coyote. As soon as Americans�??especially white Americans�??began ranching and herding in the West, they began working to destroy the coyote. Despite campaigns of annihilation employing poisons, gases, helicopters, and engineered epidemics, coyotes didn't just survive, they thrived, expanding across the continent from Anchorage, Alaska, to New York's Central Park. In the war between humans and coyotes, coyotes have won hands-down.

Coyote America is both an environmental and a deep natural history of the coyote. It traces both the five-million-year-long biological story of an animal that has become the "wolf" in our backyards, as well as its cultural evolution from a preeminent spot in Native American religions to the hapless foil of the Road Runner. A deeply American tale, the story of the coyote in the American West and beyond is a sort of Manifest Destiny in reverse, with a pioneering hero whose career holds up an uncanny mirror to the successes and failures of American expansionism.

An illuminating biography of this extraordinary animal, Coyote America isn't just the story of an animal's survival�??it is one of the great epics of our t

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