Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
Dan Flores
The “engaging” (New Yorker), New York Times best-selling story of how coyotes took over North America—and are now taking over South America as well 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 survival story of the coyote. In the face of centuries of annihilation campaigns employing poisons, gases, helicopters, and bioweapons, coyotes didn’t just survive, they thrived, expanding across North America from Alaska to Florida and New York, and now, as this new edition explores, to South America as well. In the war between humans and coyotes, coyotes have won hands-down.
Award History
0 wins · 1 total
| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award | 2017 | Finalist | Secondary source |
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01 Central figures
None extracted with sufficient confidence.
02 Central places
- North America80%
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- South America70%
- Alaska36%
03 Suggested argument
In the human–coyote conflict, coyotes have survived and expanded across North America and are now expanding into South America, having ultimately “won hands-down.”
Model confidence 62%
04 Reading orientation
48 / 100 academicTrade / academic crossover
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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 74%.