Myths and Truths about Coyotes

Myths and Truths about Coyotes

Author: Carol Cartaino

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2011-01-11

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1458726681

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As in any area where little is known and much feared or suspected, bring up the subject of coyotes, and myths and half-truths fly. This book will deflate the myths and illuminate and share the truths. Once just a colorful supporting character of t...


Myths & Truths About Coyotes

Myths & Truths About Coyotes

Author: Carol Cartaino

Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 0897328728

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Coyotes hold a peculiar interest as both an enduring symbol of the wild and a powerful predator we are always anxious to avoid. This book examines the spread of coyotes across the country over the past century, and the storm of concern and controversy that has followed. Individual chapters cover the surprisingly complex question of how to identify a coyote, the real and imagined dangers they pose, their personality and lifestyle, and nondeadly ways of discouraging them.


Coyote America

Coyote America

Author: Dan Flores

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2016-06-07

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0465098533

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The New York Times best-selling account of how coyotes--long the target of an extermination policy--spread to every corner of the United States Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific research and personal observation." -Wall Street Journal Legends 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. Coyote America is the illuminating five-million-year biography of this extraordinary animal, from its origins to its apotheosis. It is one of the great epics of our time.


Coyote Stories

Coyote Stories

Author: Mourning Dove

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780803281691

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These tales feature Mole, Coyote's wife, Chipmunk, Owl-Woman, Fox, and others


A Coyote Reader

A Coyote Reader

Author: William Bright

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1993-03-10

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 0520080629

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A collection of stories and poems from both traditional Native American tales and modern American writing that show Coyote in roles that range from a divine archetype to an outlaw.


Coyote, Iktome, and the Rock

Coyote, Iktome, and the Rock

Author: Anita Yasuda

Publisher: Short Tales

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781616418809

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An illustrated adaptation of a Dakota Indian tale about a trickster and generosity.


20 Fun Facts About Coyotes

20 Fun Facts About Coyotes

Author: Charlie Light

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2020-07-15

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1538257513

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What's that howling in the night? Is it a neighborhood dog, or maybe a wolf? No, it's a coyote! Readers will meet the mysterious coyote, the canine unique to North and South America. They'll learn incredible facts about these clever creatures, such as that they are likely the first animals ever domesticated by humans. They'll review coyote habitats, adaptations, diet, and other key information about this highly intelligent species. Vivid photographs and graphic organizers support this adventurous narrative.


Coyote Walks on Two Legs

Coyote Walks on Two Legs

Author: Gerald Hausman

Publisher: Philomel

Published: 1995-03-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780399220180

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A collection of Navajo legends featuring the trickster character, Coyote.


Coyote in Love

Coyote in Love

Author: Mindy Dwyer

Publisher: Graphic Arts Books

Published: 2014-05-01

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 1941821022

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In many Native American stories of creation, Coyote proudly takes his place as the ultimate trickster, the mischievous hero whose lessons may even include painful lessons for the unwary. Mindy Dwyer's retelling of a Northwest coyote legend allows readers young and old to meet that same colorful and wily creature, but this time made vulnerable himself by love. Coyote in Love is a tale of love and the way things came to be. Children will be entranced as they hear of the antics of Coyote as he sings to the heavens in pursuit of the love of a star. They'll also learn from the Old Ones how a lake with never-ending depth and the bluest waters of Oregon's Crate Lake was formed by a flood of tears from heartbroken Coyote. This appealing legend is matched by the bright, whimsical watercolor images of Coyote.


Yaqui Myths and Legends

Yaqui Myths and Legends

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Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 1959

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780816504671

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Sixty-one tales narrated by Yaquis reflect this people's sense of the sacred and material value of their territory.