A review by jare7d
Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History by Dan Flores

adventurous funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

3.25

Dan Flores displays he is clearly very knowledgeable about coyotes and their history, it is interesting and you come away learning a lot about all the ways coyotes have effected the American continents as well as how humans, and more specifically European colonizers, has affected both coyotes and the ecological systems they reside in. Very informative, my only complaint is that for all the history we learn about Coyote as a deity and important figure in indigenous cultures we only briefly get the names of some select indigenous writers and instead the emphasis is out on the people who collected the stories from native tribes meaning we are far removed from the people that make up the source of these important cultural histories. So, besides the sections on the indigenous tales of Coyote the book was really well put together and informing both on coyotes and the history of environmentalism/conservation that coyotes played a part in.