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Review: A sometimes grim but always fascinating story of a true American original - Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History, by Dan Flores, is a thoughtful, lyrical and at times tragic look at coyotes and our relationship with them. I was raised on a ranch in Montana and, as youngster, was taught coyotes were the enemy and even shot a few before realizing the error of my ways. This book digs into that lie, examining the myths, perceptions and misperceptions fueling the misplaced and almost genocidal fury of farmers and ranchers. Along the way, Flores examines the biology and evolutionary history of coyotes, as well as the spiritual nature of this trickster god and social significance that continues today. Long before Wile E. Coyote joined the Acme Corporation platinum buyer’s club, coyotes were a familiar and powerful presence in Native American myths. “Coyote or sometimes Old Man Coyote — and rarely about Old Woman Coyote, although they are present in the canon — are the oldest preserved human stories from North America. The truth is that Coyote (capitalized to distinguish the deity from the ordinary coyote trotting by while you read) is the most ancient god figure of which we have record on this continent.” Coyote was always a little self-absorbed and too cunning for his own good, blurring the lines between good and evil, seemingly always both in on and the punchline of the joke. The author credits these stories with capturing the human condition well and preserving lessons on how to survive and navigate an ambiguous world. In fact, he claims “the stories themselves look to predator-prey relationships for the birth of cunning.” A huge section of the book is what happens when humans on this continent stopped respecting and learning from Coyote and instead turned to dominating resources and trying to eliminate coyotes. It’s a hard read. Led by government agents, a scorched earth war was waged on coyotes and wolves to ostensibly protect livestock. From guns to poison, millions of dollars were deployed and millions of lives lost. “…each bait station was commonly one of America’s surplus horses, which could be led to the selected spot and shot and whose carcass was then laced with strychnine tablets and surrounded by poisoned fat and meat cubes—went in next.” And “…by the mid-1920s bureau hunters reached the rather phenomenal milestone of having set out 3.567 million poison bait stations across the West. This scorched-earth policy against coyotes yielded some 35,000 dead coyote bodies a year, although the bureau publicly estimated that its hunters never found another 100,000 poisoned annually.” The war against wolves was successful, the war against coyotes was not, for two reasons. First, when wolves were removed from the equation, coyotes lost their only natural predator. And second, coyotes are unique in that when their population is under threat, they produce bigger litters, and faster. Despite the best efforts of coyote killers — and they were VERY persistent — coyote populations basically were never seriously impacted. It’s a testament to their trickster nature and their natural resilience. As the co-author of three alt-history books about Bonnie and Clyde made this section especially stand out for me: “In the mid-1930s, newspapers around the country, among them even the Washington Post, ran an illustrated, canned bureau article that, in the age of John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd, offered up coyotes and other predators as the “gangsters of the animal kingdom” and characterized bureau hunters as the heroic G-men who would protect society, “man and beast, against the animal underworld.” It was a clever set piece, and it worked. Despite the Murie brothers’ findings, in the public mind coyotes deserved the same fate as Bonnie and Clyde.” Coyote America paints a sometimes grim but always compelling picture of a true American original. This small, smart, beautiful wolf dog has made itself at home from sea to sea and border to border, despite the misplaced fury of federal and private assassins, thriving even in unlikely urban environments — San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and my current hometown, Portland, Oregon. I mentioned that as a youngster in Montana, I killed (more than) my share of coyotes. I regret that now. I quickly came to appreciate, like the author, that coyotes are smart, curious, beautiful creatures who “delight in being alive in a world of wondrous possibilities.” I’m charmed by them now and excited any time I happen to see one (unlike, for example cat owners, I suppose). I want to live in a world with coyotes and learn to co-exist more effectively. And after finishing the book, the first thing I did was make a donation to Project Coyote.
Review: 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 being by far the larger bar to success). I have served on the board of the University of Arizona Press which gave me access to very large natural history resources. Also exposed to the Tohono O'odham folklore surrounding the coyote (just for the record, I pronounce it Ki-yot sometimes and Ki-yo-tee sometimes), as an adult I have read Ryden, Leydet, Dobie, Zepeda, Nabhan and Bekoff; Flores's predecessors in describing what the Tohono O'odham call “the cousin.” He is the smartest, most flexible and genetically-adapted of North American wildlife. This book is, by far, the most readable and, to my knowledge, complete discussion of our animal companion. That we have spent millions of dollars and a century trying to eradicate an animal who not only mostly can and will live among us without difficulty is truly sad (if for no other reason than the money might have been spent on something more useful). And, amazingly with so little result (proof of his adaptability). A superbly well written book, the one I will recommend to any and all who show an interest in the Coyote.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #52,663 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #22 in Natural History (Books) #24 in Native American History (Books) #33 in Environmentalism |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,818) |
| Dimensions  | 5.5 x 0.72 x 8.25 inches |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 0465093728 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0465093724 |
| Item Weight  | 9 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 288 pages |
| Publication date  | September 5, 2017 |
| Publisher  | Basic Books |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A sometimes grim but always fascinating story of a true American original
*by C***S on June 13, 2023*

Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History, by Dan Flores, is a thoughtful, lyrical and at times tragic look at coyotes and our relationship with them. I was raised on a ranch in Montana and, as youngster, was taught coyotes were the enemy and even shot a few before realizing the error of my ways. This book digs into that lie, examining the myths, perceptions and misperceptions fueling the misplaced and almost genocidal fury of farmers and ranchers. Along the way, Flores examines the biology and evolutionary history of coyotes, as well as the spiritual nature of this trickster god and social significance that continues today. Long before Wile E. Coyote joined the Acme Corporation platinum buyer’s club, coyotes were a familiar and powerful presence in Native American myths. “Coyote or sometimes Old Man Coyote — and rarely about Old Woman Coyote, although they are present in the canon — are the oldest preserved human stories from North America. The truth is that Coyote (capitalized to distinguish the deity from the ordinary coyote trotting by while you read) is the most ancient god figure of which we have record on this continent.” Coyote was always a little self-absorbed and too cunning for his own good, blurring the lines between good and evil, seemingly always both in on and the punchline of the joke. The author credits these stories with capturing the human condition well and preserving lessons on how to survive and navigate an ambiguous world. In fact, he claims “the stories themselves look to predator-prey relationships for the birth of cunning.” A huge section of the book is what happens when humans on this continent stopped respecting and learning from Coyote and instead turned to dominating resources and trying to eliminate coyotes. It’s a hard read. Led by government agents, a scorched earth war was waged on coyotes and wolves to ostensibly protect livestock. From guns to poison, millions of dollars were deployed and millions of lives lost. “…each bait station was commonly one of America’s surplus horses, which could be led to the selected spot and shot and whose carcass was then laced with strychnine tablets and surrounded by poisoned fat and meat cubes—went in next.” And “…by the mid-1920s bureau hunters reached the rather phenomenal milestone of having set out 3.567 million poison bait stations across the West. This scorched-earth policy against coyotes yielded some 35,000 dead coyote bodies a year, although the bureau publicly estimated that its hunters never found another 100,000 poisoned annually.” The war against wolves was successful, the war against coyotes was not, for two reasons. First, when wolves were removed from the equation, coyotes lost their only natural predator. And second, coyotes are unique in that when their population is under threat, they produce bigger litters, and faster. Despite the best efforts of coyote killers — and they were VERY persistent — coyote populations basically were never seriously impacted. It’s a testament to their trickster nature and their natural resilience. As the co-author of three alt-history books about Bonnie and Clyde made this section especially stand out for me: “In the mid-1930s, newspapers around the country, among them even the Washington Post, ran an illustrated, canned bureau article that, in the age of John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd, offered up coyotes and other predators as the “gangsters of the animal kingdom” and characterized bureau hunters as the heroic G-men who would protect society, “man and beast, against the animal underworld.” It was a clever set piece, and it worked. Despite the Murie brothers’ findings, in the public mind coyotes deserved the same fate as Bonnie and Clyde.” Coyote America paints a sometimes grim but always compelling picture of a true American original. This small, smart, beautiful wolf dog has made itself at home from sea to sea and border to border, despite the misplaced fury of federal and private assassins, thriving even in unlikely urban environments — San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and my current hometown, Portland, Oregon. I mentioned that as a youngster in Montana, I killed (more than) my share of coyotes. I regret that now. I quickly came to appreciate, like the author, that coyotes are smart, curious, beautiful creatures who “delight in being alive in a world of wondrous possibilities.” I’m charmed by them now and excited any time I happen to see one (unlike, for example cat owners, I suppose). I want to live in a world with coyotes and learn to co-exist more effectively. And after finishing the book, the first thing I did was make a donation to Project Coyote.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An Outstanding Book
*by K***R on July 9, 2016*

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 being by far the larger bar to success). I have served on the board of the University of Arizona Press which gave me access to very large natural history resources. Also exposed to the Tohono O'odham folklore surrounding the coyote (just for the record, I pronounce it Ki-yot sometimes and Ki-yo-tee sometimes), as an adult I have read Ryden, Leydet, Dobie, Zepeda, Nabhan and Bekoff; Flores's predecessors in describing what the Tohono O'odham call “the cousin.” He is the smartest, most flexible and genetically-adapted of North American wildlife. This book is, by far, the most readable and, to my knowledge, complete discussion of our animal companion. That we have spent millions of dollars and a century trying to eradicate an animal who not only mostly can and will live among us without difficulty is truly sad (if for no other reason than the money might have been spent on something more useful). And, amazingly with so little result (proof of his adaptability). A superbly well written book, the one I will recommend to any and all who show an interest in the Coyote.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Book I Liked About An Animal I Don't Like
*by C***K on April 26, 2021*

If you read this book you will read about a wildlife viewing point near the Lamar River in Yellowstone, where you can sometimes see bison, wolves ... and coyotes. I stood there in the summer of 2019 and made a comment about shooting the coyotes. I came by it honestly, as I think one may have killed my daughter's cat. But from the reaction you'd have thought I'd kidnapped Lindbergh's baby. Then a fellow wildlife enthusiast told me about a coyote following him into a store in downtown Chicago. Dang. Figured I might need to learn something about them. Not sure what I can add to the 850+ other reviews but here goes. I despise coyotes. As they move into cities and suburbs they kill cats and occasionally threaten people. In the part of the state where I live it's open season on them. And yet I'm giving this book at least a B plus. I learned a great deal that, not only did I not know, but I never would have imagined. The animal and its history are nothing if not fascinating. I have at least come to understand them as something more significant than furred cockroaches. I dock the book a half-star or so, not because the author admires coyotes, but because perhaps he tries a little too hard, whether to force himself to admire them or to convince the rest of us to do so. It's not a light read, but a relatively quick one. I can see myself buying this book for others.

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