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| Title | : | The Daily Coyote: Story of Love, Survival, and Trust In the Wilds of Wyoming |
| Author | : | Shreve Stockton |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 287 pages |
| Published | : | December 2nd 2008 by Simon & Schuster (first published 2008) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Animals. Autobiography. Memoir. Environment. Nature. Biography |
Shreve Stockton
Hardcover | Pages: 287 pages Rating: 3.99 | 2908 Users | 423 Reviews
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Great unknowns were out there to be seen, felt, experienced; this was what life meant to me, this was what life was for.
I loved this book. Loved, loved, loved it. There.
Telling the story of a surviving coyote pup who is adopted by a woman looking for her own life's adventure, this is a beautifully laid-out hardback with arresting photographs (by the author) and text that involves the reader right from the get-go. How many books are there about adopting a coyote? Actually, it's more than an adoption. Charlie the Coyote becomes a valued member of the family, joining Eli the Dominant Cat, who puts Charlie in his place immediately. The woman, the cat, and the coyote form a bond of trust and loyalty, although there are trials and tribulations along the way.
This is not some cutesy tale about a family taking in a stray raccoon or a wounded dog. It is a hard look at the policies currently undertaken by the United States federal government to rid the land of coyotes (in order to protect the sheep and cattle...who are the intruders). It is a hard look at how a man, who becomes involved with the author, has to come to deal with the early accidental death of his little daughter. It is a hard look at the way Charlie starts to misconstrue the relationship with Shreve Stockton. It is a hard look at the boundaries the author decides to tackle in order to save her relationship with this extraordinary coyote.
The baby coyote was darling; defenseless and helpless. The baby coyote was a responsibility, a commitment. The baby coyote was covered with fat, brown fleas.
When I found this book in a little bookshop, I had not heard of "The Daily Coyote" blog and website. Instead, I purchased the book for its quality, the nice paper stock, the beautiful pictures, and the clumsy-looking coyote on the front cover. I found a treasure. Even if you don't get the book, check out the website for updates on Charlie and his ever expanding family (dog, cow, horse). If anything, I finished this book realizing that Charlie has as much a right to a life filled with his family members as any human.
And when we only believe what has been said before, what has been done before, we give our own power away.
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| Original Title: | The Daily Coyote: Story of Love, Survival, and Trust In the Wilds of Wyoming |
| ISBN: | 1416592180 (ISBN13: 9781416592181) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Ten Sleep, Wyoming,2008(United States) |
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Ratings: 3.99 From 2908 Users | 423 ReviewsCritique Of Books The Daily Coyote: Story of Love, Survival, and Trust In the Wilds of Wyoming
The author, Shreve Stockton, is a young woman who was moving from San Francisco to New York and fell in love with Wyoming during that part of the trip. So she moves to a small, rural town in Wyoming and gradually integrates into the rural Wyoming life. Along the way a friend, who is a paid coyote hunter, gives her an infant coyote pup. Stockton ends up raising the coyote and the book focuses on that but also includes her descriptions of the rural lifestyle, her teaching experience, herFabulous book! Stockton in completely in touch with what it is like to live in a rural area amongst wildlife.
This was an excellent book! And yes I know I say that a lot, but this really is an excellent book. Well worth reading.... chock 'o block full of pictures, funny stories about Charlie, the coyote, and yet still reveals personal things about the author, Sherve Stockton. This book is about Sherve Stockton, and her life from New York city to the small town of Ten Sleep, Wyoming. As she adjusts to life in the far west, she meets Mike, a local small cattle rancher, who works for Wildlife services.
The Daily Coyote: Story of Love, Survival, and Trust in the Wilds of Wyoming by Shreve Stockton. Hardcover. ©2008. 304 pages. Nonfiction.A great read with stunning photographs about the daily life and learning curve of a lady raising a beautiful coyote pup to adulthood. Highly recommend for canine lovers. Picked this up at the local thrift.
Stories like this are the kind of thing you need to cheer you up. The author is a city girl, who drove through Wyoming, wound up loving the place and moving there, to one of those half-horse towns. One of the neighbors (and later her boyfriend) brings her a coyote pup, from a den he was supposed to exterminate. She winds up keeping the pup, and most of the story is about the trials, tribulations and joy of raising him from a pup to an adult coyote. She has a cat too, but rest assured-the coyote
I delighted in this story of raising a coyote pup and was thoroughly envious of the wonderful photography included. Though Shreve made no bones about the challenges involved in raising little Charlie, I was immediately enamored of the idea. Having long felt an affiliation for the trickster, this story immediately appealed to me, but I was also engaged by Shreve's conversational tone, her musings, and her relations of the Wyoming life in which she found herself. Beyond the heart warming story of
I read this book and though I did enjoy the theme of the unusual human-animal relationship, I was frequently distracted by the authors overwhelming opinions on how to live life. I felt the author was extremely hypocritical throughout the book, insisting that those leaving negative comments regarding her Charlie(the coyote) had no right to judge because they didnt know her or Charlie and there for had no basis for comment. However, she had no quams about judging Mike(her boyfriend) and pointing
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