The Coyote: Defiant Songdog of the West

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University of Oklahoma Press, 1988 - Nature - 221 pages

"The Songdog sings an ancient song. It echoed over the Western plains and deserts long before man was there to hear it. The singer and the song have survived the mastodon, the mammoth, the elephants and the camels that once roamed this continent. The coyote’s voice has not been stilled. Not even by man...In ’The Coyote,’ the reader will find many books in one. It is a biography that traces the life story of one coyote from birth to adulthood; an historical and current description of predator control; a sometimes violent adventure story; and, most of all, an examination of creature physchology."–Anaheim Bulletin

"The viewpoints of both rancher and environmentalist are presented in this intelligent, often shocking book on the emotional coyote controversy. The amazing adaptability of this small predator leads the author to question humankind’s right to interfere with nature. Unusual illustrations depict the coyote’s desert life."–American West

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Contents

Acknowledgments
9
Cantad Amigos
13
Neither Cruelty nor Compassion
20
The Voice of the Desert
38
On the Trail of the Trickster
70
Days of Whines and Poisons
94
Letters from the Range
135
The Numbers Game
148
Got Him
167
Having Fun
184
One for All
198
Works Cited
207
Appendix A
209
Appendix B
219
Index 222
Copyright

Environmentalists All
157

Common terms and phrases

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About the author (1988)

Fran++ois Leydet writes for National Ge ographic and Audubon, and is the author of two other books, The Last Redwoods and Time and the River Flowing: Grand Canyon.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Coyote: Defiant Songdog of the West
AuthorFrançois Leydet
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press, 1988
ISBN0806121238, 9780806121239
Length221 pages
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Nature / Animals / Mammals
  
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