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November 11th 2008
by Simon & Schuster
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Hardcover, 208 pages
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1416592180
(isbn13: 9781416592181)
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When photographer and writer Shreve Stockton decided to move back to her beloved New York from San Francisco, she decided to take her time and make th...more
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Read in December, 2008
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 ...more
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Read in January, 2009
I am realling enjoying this book by Shreve Stockton. I think the main reason isn't really because of the coyote, but I am enjoying learning about her experience with that.
The main reason is because I can really relate to her relationship with the community and with Mike. I grew up in that environment and have family members just like Mike. I, on the other hand, am more like she is in terms of spirituality and openness to life. I recommend it!
The main reason is because I can really relate to her relationship with the community and with Mike. I grew up in that environment and have family members just like Mike. I, on the other hand, am more like she is in terms of spirituality and openness to life. I recommend it!
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Very nice read for those who love the mountains, rough living and animals. I found her imagery very nice...for several days I lived in the mountains near a tiny town and struggled with vagaries of weather while thriving on the wonder of the natural world. But it is her photography that I found most stunning! Just beautiful work! (this is, btw, nonfiction about a woman who by happenstance ends up taking in an orphaned coyote pup)
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On a whim, after passing through Wyoming on her way home to New York, Shreve Stockton decides to pack it all in and move to this absolutely foreign place. There, she discovers a life far different from what she had previously known. She finds herself in the role of caregiver of a coyote pup, whom she names Charlie, and begins sending out daily pictures to friends and family. Those e-mails grew into www.dailycoyote.net and later into this book, The Daily Coyote.
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Read in January, 2009
Having raised and cared for wild animals myself (at a much smaller size!) it was wonderful reading a first hand account of what is required from a caretaker and all the stresses and factors that need to be taken into account when taking such a responsibility on. Ms. Stockton was realistic and straight forward with the battles she faced and didn't romanticize her experience but at the same time described so perfectly how rewarding it can be to observe, care for, and build trust with an animal tha...more
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Read in April, 2009
I bought this book for a friend's Christmas present, but since we still have not been able to visit each other it shall sit on my shelf a while longer, so, why not! (She won't mind.)
I am giving this book one whole extra star just for wish-fulfillment appreciation. I really do appreciate it. I am also recommending that everyone who lives or has lived in New York City read the first chapter or two of this book. It's not that the rest of it isn't interesting too, but I was so surpri...more
I am giving this book one whole extra star just for wish-fulfillment appreciation. I really do appreciate it. I am also recommending that everyone who lives or has lived in New York City read the first chapter or two of this book. It's not that the rest of it isn't interesting too, but I was so surpri...more
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Read in March, 2009
What a story! Even better, it's true. Writer & photographer Shreve Stockton moves from NYC to a tiny town in Wyoming (pop 300) on the spur of the moment because she is blown away by the local scenery on brief trip through the area. She soon meets a man who brings her a 10 day old coyote pup whose parents he has shot while on the job killing coyotes for the state. As a result, every important aspect of her life changes--her profession, her love life, her goals. Not only does Shreve tell the st...more
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Read in February, 2009
This book first caught my attention because it takes place in Wyoming. The author felt drawn to the land when passing through on a cross country trip. I experienced the same attraction but unlike the author I was not brave enough to move there and live with the cold, cold winters.
This is not a Disney story. Shreve Stockton writes about the how hard it can be to bring a wild animal into a domestic setting. What I really liked about the book is that along with the story of Charlie you ...more
This is not a Disney story. Shreve Stockton writes about the how hard it can be to bring a wild animal into a domestic setting. What I really liked about the book is that along with the story of Charlie you ...more
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Read in December, 2008
I've been following the daily coyote blog for over a year so I reserved this at the library as soon as it was in the system. I already knew much of Charlie's story but this book really filled in the gaps of the website- especially about MC and how Charlie came to Shreve.
I think the tranformation that Shreve goes through from Charlie's friend to the alpha of the household is inspirational and has implications beyond relationships with pets. It's amazing what she sacrficed and what ...more
I think the tranformation that Shreve goes through from Charlie's friend to the alpha of the household is inspirational and has implications beyond relationships with pets. It's amazing what she sacrficed and what ...more
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Read in December, 2008
I admire the inner strength that she developed during the first year she had Charlie. The book has a strong structure, and I like her voice in general, even if I disagree with some of her "spiritual" ideas. However, I wish she hadn't been in the position that she had to put the book together so quickly (6 months!). The writing just didn't have the polish that makes for a truly great read (I am thinking of Ted Kerasote's "Merle's Door" as an example of great creative nonfic...more
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Read in February, 2009
recommends it for:
animal lovers
You may have heard of the Daily Coyote blog that told in pictures the story of Shreve Stockton and how she raised a coyote pup as a pet. When Shreve was given a coyote pup she had to decide whether to raise him or not. If she did she was taking on a committment that would last the coyote's lifetime, but if she didn't it would mean certain death for the pup. Of course she did decide to raise him and The Daily Coyote tells that story. She also includes some of the many pictures she took of Cha...more
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Read in May, 2009
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I've been enjoying the memoir genre quite a bit in the past few years and this was sort of a mini-memoir spanning a year or so. The author has an enjoyable writing style but I did find a few themes to be somewhat repetitive. Also, the concept of domesticating a coyote was slightly strange at times. There are pictures of the coyote the author adopts throughout the book and some show the coyote head-on with wild eyes. This made me think, "Is this really the kind of animal you want as a pet...more
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Read in December, 2008
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Way to go Shreve!
I have been keeping up with Shreve, Charlie and the clan through Shreve's blog for a while now and I was so excited when I knew she was writing a book. I plowed through it in about a day and a half and was so very happy that I had the chance to find out more about Shreve and Charlie. On the website we get wonderful pics and excerpts every now and again about life with Charlie. This book filled in the blanks and gave us fans a chance to know about the joys, pains...more
I have been keeping up with Shreve, Charlie and the clan through Shreve's blog for a while now and I was so excited when I knew she was writing a book. I plowed through it in about a day and a half and was so very happy that I had the chance to find out more about Shreve and Charlie. On the website we get wonderful pics and excerpts every now and again about life with Charlie. This book filled in the blanks and gave us fans a chance to know about the joys, pains...more
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Read in February, 2009
I was disappointed in this one. The author does a good job detailing how she came to be living with a coyote pup, and she has devoted the time and energy needed to do a good job of adapting him to domesticated life. I am just put off by how selfish her decision was, and her "rationalization" of her actions as some sort of spiritual journey. Please, she is being paid to post daily photos of him, and now a book about it! Compare her attitude to wildlife with Craig Childs ("Anima...more
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Read in March, 2009
Shreve Stockton, a photographer, author, and city girl, falls in love with rural Wyoming while traveling cross country. She moves to a tiny Wyoming town, lives in a little ramshackle cabin, and begins dating a rancher who also hunts and kills coyotes for the government. He shows up one day with a coyote cub for her, and Shreve keeps it, thereby changing her life quite a bit. The details of her life so far with the coyote, Charley, are fascinating. The author has a blog, The Daily Coyote, for rea...more
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First, I should say that I've never read the blog. From just the book, I found it hard to relate to the author, and the book is mostly about her. Each chapter is a month in her first year raising Charlie, the coyote. There is little structure within each chapter, though, and so the story does not really unfold in a way that made sense to me. It also seems like she may have been attempting to create a plot where there wasn't really one - this might be something her editor made her do. The photos ...more
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Read in February, 2009
i love this book.
The story of giving up the city life to live in Wyoming and raise a coyote with respect for the animal and love is fascinating
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The story of giving up the city life to live in Wyoming and raise a coyote with respect for the animal and love is fascinating
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Read in December, 2008
It's time for a change of pace... some non-fiction.
This is a very moving story about a woman who moves to Wyoming (on a whim) and ends up saving a coyote puppy. Originally undecided on whether to raise it to be release into the wild or to keep it, the story evolves around how she raises it, protects it, and uses logic, observation, research (Cesar Milan) and love to protect herself and the coyote as it grows to maturity.
This started out as a daily blog and picture sharin...more
This is a very moving story about a woman who moves to Wyoming (on a whim) and ends up saving a coyote puppy. Originally undecided on whether to raise it to be release into the wild or to keep it, the story evolves around how she raises it, protects it, and uses logic, observation, research (Cesar Milan) and love to protect herself and the coyote as it grows to maturity.
This started out as a daily blog and picture sharin...more
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Read in December, 2008
Wonderful, if a bit full of self-conscious hippieness; I found myself rolling my eyes and muttering "Yes, yes, Namaste, get on with it already!" under my breath a few times. That said, Stockton has quite a way with words; I found myself filled with a bitter, acrid desire for the simplicity she lives in. I doubt I could hack a life like that unless forced to; but I yearn for it nevertheless. I also yearn for a fuzzy coyote pup to accompany me on my travels, but I suspect one of those is...more
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Read in April, 2009
Hard to tell if Shreve Stockton is courageous or totally nuts, but maybe you have to be a little of both to ditch everything you know to live in a cabin in Wyoming and raise a wild coyote pup as a pet. Nevertheless, I was cheering for her the whole way to find harmony with Charlie. From reading The Daily Coyote, her blog, I had no idea how much trauma she went through with him as he entered adulthood. Although it's pretty clear this is an amateur writer, the stories she tells and the photos p...more
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"Whether they realized it or not, they were doubting possibility, and the unknown. They believed I would fail. And when we only believe what has been said before, what has been done before, we give our own power away. Possibility evaporates; potential melts and seeps away deep into the earth below us. We cut ourselves short by thinking this way. I have always felt that it is from what we believe that our lives are created, not the other way around."
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