Coyote America ─ A Natural and Supernatural History

This narrative history of coyotes in America offers evocative writing, describing coyotes as “ghosts of the continent’s ancient past.” The book offers a natural history of coyotes, looking at how coyotes have adapted to human civilization and how their fate has been intertwined with the development of the West. The book also looks at the coyote’s role in Native American folktales and spiritualty, and in mainstream American culture. B&w photos are included. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Dan Flores is the A. B. Hammond Professor Emeritus of Western History at the University of Montana and the author of ten books on aspects of western US history. Flores lives just outside Santa Fe, New Mexico.