Giving Birth to Thunder Sleeping with His Daughter

Prankster warrior seducer fool -- Old Man Coyote is the most enduring legend in Native American culture. Crafty and cagey -- often the victim of his own magical intrigues and lusty appetites -- he created the earth and man scrambled the stars and first brought fire . . . and death. Barry Lopez -- National Book Award-winning author of <em>Arctic Dreams</em> and recipient of the John Burroughs Medal for his bestselling masterwork<em> Of Wolves and Men</em> -- has collected sixty-eight tales from forty-two tribes and brings to life a timeless myth that abounds with sly wit erotic adventure and rueful wisdom.