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“Dayton Hyde has given us all a wonderful opportunity tot know what cowboying was really like in the old days in the high-dry West. ....” Tony Hillerman, author of Skinwalkers, A Thief of Time , and other novels. From Pastures of Beyond
“I have always admired Dayton Hyde’s ability to paint bold and vivid characters in his books. He writes about what he knows and loves best from his raw life experiences –cowboys, Indians, and wild horses.....” Kim Novak,
actress and horsewoman. From Pastures of Beyond
“Dayton Hyde is a rancher’s rancher and a naturalist’s naturalist. Yamsi is an exuberant, hard-fisted,
often humourous portrait of a rancher's life told the way it ought to be told.” Gretel Ehrlich
“Nowadays I think, all of us in the West should be listening to Dayton Hyde....(he) is telling us
things we need to hear, through his example showing us the way. We need to take heed.
This is indeed a fine book, and its time is here.” About Yamsi, by William Kittredge.
“Dayton O. Hyde is a national treasure.”– Roger Caras
“So joyously ornery, so damned funny....” –Los Angeles Times
Book Review of Don Coyote
“...It is too early to say whether the name Dayton Hyde
will go down in history but it is absolutely certain
that far in the future people will pick up his
books including the gem we now have
immediately to hand [Don Coyote], and
wonder about Hyde, who is as much
an American original as his
beloved Don Coyote.
Author and subject
were cut from the
same bolt of cloth
– red, white and
blue on one side,
earth tones on
the other.”
–Roger Caras
This photo is an example of a photo Hyde took while down on the ground to get the best view. Lloyd Lippi comes off Harry Rowell’s bull #13. He was uninjured. This became a Life Picture of the Week, and the bull was thereafter named Life Magazine.