Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (979 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0465093728 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Finalist for thePEN/E.O. Coyote America is the illuminating five-million-year biography of this extraordinary animal, from its origins to its apotheosis. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award"A masterly synthesis of scientific research and personal observation."-Wall Street JournalLegends don't come close to capturing the incredible story of the coyote In the face of centuries of campaigns of annihilation employing gases, helicopters, and engineered epidemics, coyotes didn't just survive, they thrived, expanding across the continent from Alaska to New York. In the war between humans and coyotes, coyotes have won, hands-down. It is one of the great epics of our time.
Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. Finalist for thePEN/E.O
An Outstanding Book I am a second-generation native of the Southwestern desert and have been around coyotes all my life. My family ranched in Southern Arizona for many years and we maintained a more-or-less non-aggression pact with “our” coyotes (the dismal economics of desert open-range cattle agriculture. We've been trying to wipe out coyotes for a century (at taxpayer expense). Coyotes now are in every state but Hawai'i. lyndonbrecht Any book by Dan Flores is worth a read. There are a number of books on coyotes, but this one is the best overall I've read. It covers several broad themes: coyote resilience, coyote individualism, coyote biology (including a little evolution, but all the science is easily understood), coyotes and p. Entertaining and enlightening read. fishape69 Good natural history of North America's most fascinating critter. Amusing, amazing and well documented science. Great for young folks interested in sciences, Native American culture and fond of animals.