The Coyote is a limited-edition, 48-page broadsheet, made by photographers Jonathan Levitt and Jesse Lenz and reporter Seth Putnam during a 10-day trip between the Florida Everglades and secluded Cumberland Island, Georgia.
At the mention of this particular patch, most people think of two stereotypes: retirees and bad drivers. But it is a place of fierce biology and terrifying predators, of pedigreed Florida crackers and Gladesmen who aren’t afraid to test the limits of the law, of old American aristocracy, and yes, of seniors hoping to get warm. It’s the kind of fever dream one might have while sitting in a bar named for the God of the Sea: overheard snippets of conversation, characters in conflict, scenes of a land trying to come to terms with itself.
Now out of print, a few copies remain in my personal library. It’s one of my favorite projects I’ve ever written.
The coyote is a storytelling fixture in North American folklore. He is the unreliable narrator, the shape-shifting trickster.
To purchase a copy, send $15 to @sethjputnam on Venmo or follow this link to send via PayPal. Include your mailing address in the description, and I’ll send it out promptly.
