The Daily Coyote
A Story of Love, Survival, and Trust in the Wilds of Wyoming
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4.8 • 29 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Eat, Pray, Love meets Marley & Me in this moving, eye-opening memoir that chronicles the first year of an extraordinary bond between a woman and an orphaned coyote, revealing powerful lessons about nature, love, and life.
When city girl Shreve Stockton set out on a Vespa ride from San Francisco to New York, she expected an adventure—but not the one that would change her life forever. Detoured by fate, she found herself in rural Wyoming, falling in love with a trapper and working hard as a ranch hand. There, she met Charlie: an orphaned coyote pup who wandered into her world and made her cabin his home.
The Daily Coyote is the extraordinary true story of their first year together. In a culture where coyotes are often feared and hunted, Stockton and Charlie navigate skepticism, danger, and profound joy, forging a bond that challenges assumptions about wild animals, companionship, and what it means to belong. Along the way, Stockton discovers deeper truths about love, resilience, and living in harmony with the natural world.
Based on Stockton’s award-winning blog of the same name—hailed by Vanity Fair and the Los Angeles Times—this moving visual memoir documents Charlie’s first year in stunning full-color photography. Each month’s entry is accompanied by rich images of Charlie as he grows from adorable pup to wily adult, alongside Stockton’s tomcat, Eli, and set against the wide-open landscapes of Wyoming. At once tender, surprising, and unforgettable, The Daily Coyote is a celebration of unlikely journeys and the wild connections that can change everything.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This moving account of writer/photographer Stockton's first year with her pet coyote, Charlie, expands on her popular blog, the Daily Coyote, but newcomers and the author's many fans will find that this memoir offers a complete if not yet completed story about love and life in a small Wyoming town. On a cross-country move from San Francisco to New York City in 2005, Stockton fell in love with the beauty of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains and decided to settle there. She found new roots and a new boyfriend, a government trapper whose job was to protect livestock by killing coyotes. When he finds an orphaned coyote pup, barely 10 days old, he gives it to Stockton, beginning an adventure that moves human and animal from a blissful open affection (the author's photos of baby Charlie are as adorable as they are beautifully composed) through a period of reconsideration after Charlie bites her to a breakthrough realization that Charlie needed a much more structured "alpha" attitude from his owner. Stockton's journey of sharing her life with a wild animal and providing training while respecting Charlie's unique nature makes for a fascinating and rewarding read.
Customer Reviews
Jen
Great book, just wish it would have been longer!