Reviews for God's Dog

The average rating for God's Dog based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-02-19 00:00:00 Nayady Rodriguez I read this book after reading Hope Ryden's Lily Pond several years ago and absolutely loving it. I was not at all disappointed. Ryden brings a clear, extremely comprehensive, understanding of the natural history and social aspect of the coyote through a multi-year intensive field study on the National Elk Refuge in Jackson, Wyoming. I have read the two other primary books that she references, Jack Olsen's Slaughter the Animals, Poison the Earth and J. Dobie's The Voice of the Coyote, so some of the history of government-sponsored eradication programs wasn't as shocking to me because I was prepared for the heinous deeds conducted during misaligned "wildlife management" policies in the mid-twentieth century. Reading this book made me want to spend time out in nature observing a species as in-depth as Ryden has. It was a wonderful transport outdoors during the grip of the cold winter when being outdoors for any prolonged period of time is very difficult.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-08-06 00:00:00 Gary Reed I bought this book and read it shortly after it was published in 1975 and I have considered it a special book that I should reread someday. The recent death of the author, Hope Ryden, prompted me to pull it off the top shelf and execute my intentions. It is a fine book and the contrast it makes with more recent books about the same species especially Dan Flores's COYOTE AMERICA was starteling. America has made remarkable progress in understanding and protecting this remarkable canine in the 40 odd years that seperate the publishing of the two books. The contrast was so stark that I had the creepy sensation that I had never read Ryden's book in the first place. Read both of these books!!