Voice of the Coyote (Bison Book) [Paperback]

J. Frank Dobie (Author), Olaus J. Murie (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1961 | Series: Bison Book

'Deftly blends the natural history of the coyote with anecdote, tall tales and legend gathered from the author's wide reading and personal experience in his native region' - "New York Times Book Review". 'Mr. Dobie has done for the coyote what he did for the longhorn in his book about that breed. He's been some 30 years gathering this material, moreover; the coyote has fascinated him for all that time, and he has taken notes, talked to all sorts of people, read all the literature there is on the coyote including the folklore ...and then put the whole business together in this per-sonal, intimately written, and enormously fascinating volume' - Joseph Henry Jackson, "San Francisco Chronicle".'The book represents not only a lifelong interest in the coyote, but wide and comprehensive research both in the library and the great outdoors. Mr. Dobie was born and has spent most of his life in coyote country, and many a time has been sung to sleep in his bed roll by the strange music of the little wolf' - Stanley Vestal, "Saturday Review of Literature". 'Although he has apparently combed the literature for facts about coyotes, Dobie also has talked to pioneers, to old trappers, to those who have spent their lives in close association with the coyote. Not all they said, of course, is to be taken without the proverbial seasoning of salt. Tales grow tall along the border. But these firsthand accounts, together with the author's own memories, give the book a freshness that is one of its charms' - E. W. Teale, "New York Herald Tribune".

Editorial Reviews

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“Deftly blends the natural history of the coyote with the anecdote, t (New York Times Book Review )

"These firsthand accounts, together with the author''s own memories, give the book a freshness that is one of its charms."—E. W. Teale, New York Herald Tribune

(E. W. Teale New York Herald Tribune ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

J. Frank Dobie (1888–1964) was born in Texas, where he taught at the University of Texas. Among his many books are The Mustangs (available in a Bison Books edition) and The Longhorns. Robert Crabtree is the founder of the Yellowstone Ecological Research Center. Jennifer Sheldon is a canid biologist and author of Wild Dogs: Natural History of Non-Domestic Canidae.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 386 pages
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (December 1961)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803250509
• ISBN-13: 978-0803250505
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #747,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #27 in Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Field Guides > Mammals

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll love Coyotes after reading this book., September 28, 2004

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Jimmy Clay (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Voice of the Coyote (Bison Book) (Paperback)

I really loved this book. I bought it because I was doing research on Coyotes for a novel I was writing, and I thought I would skim this, but I read it word for word instead. Perhaps because I already had an interest in coyotes, but I came home every night looking forward to reading more. If you love animals, you'll love this book. Well written, easy to ready, interesting stories, etc.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Voice of the Coyote, Second Edition, January 6, 2008

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Linda Adams "zippity1" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Voice of the Coyote, Second Edition (Paperback)

J. Frank Dobie is a wonderful non fiction writer. Everything he writes
is new and vibrant even though it was first written in 1947. Amazing!
Great book for Texans. Great book for anyone wanting to know all about our coyotes. Amazing animals. And they are only found in the Americas.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, September 23, 2009

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Dooney Bear (Blue Ridge Mountains) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Voice of the Coyote (Bison Book) (Paperback)

For those who want to learn more about North America's most intelligent animal, the coyote, this is a renowned source. It is written for the average reader and you don't have to be a scientist to understand it.

Coyotes have been unjustly maligned by the special interests of agriculture and hunters. However, these books are based on science and observation, not on myth and the pursuit of profit.

I'd also highly recommend God's Dog by Hope Ryden God's Dog: A Celebration of the North American Coyote and Eastern Coyote by Gerry Parker Eastern Coyote as well as The Daily Coyote The Daily Coyote: A Story of Love, Survival, and Trust in the Wilds of Wyomingand Barbara Kingsolver's masterpiece of fiction, Prodigal Summer Prodigal Summer: A Novel.