Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (795 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0465093728 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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It is one of the great epics of our time.. 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. Finalist for thePEN/E.O. In the war between humans and coyotes, coyotes have won, hands-down
George Clark said 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 (j. "We've been trying to wipe out coyotes for a century (at taxpayer expense). Coyotes now are in every state but Hawai'i." according to 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 people (in the broad sense--native American tales, coyotes in the city and more), and much of the book deals with the persecution of coyotes, This last is important, and Flores discusses a century of shooting, poisoning and cruelty--sti. Entertaining and enlightening read. 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.
Finalist for thePEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award