John R. Erickson

From his home on the Texas Panhandle, John R. Erickson, rancher and author of the bestselling Hank the Cowdog series, saw firsthand the raw power of two megafires that swept across the high plains in 2006 and 2017. "These were landmark events that are...

From his home on the Texas Panhandle, John R. Erickson, rancher and author of the bestselling Hank the Cowdog series, saw firsthand the raw power of two megafires that swept across the high plains in 2006 and 2017. "These were landmark events that are...

For more than a hundred years, American cowboys have made their living through the skilled use of horse and rope. Whole libraries have been devoted to the horse, but no one, until now, has written a thorough study of the origins and evolution of...

The drought on Hank's ranch has finally ended, and it's a beautiful spring day. In fact, it's the kind of day in which the Head of Ranch Security really wouldn't expect to find himself protecting the ranch from bloodthirsty mosquitoes, doing toad duty, or,...

The drought on Hank's ranch has finally ended, and it's a beautiful spring day. In fact, it's the kind of day in which the Head of Ranch Security really wouldn't expect to find himself protecting the ranch from bloodthirsty mosquitoes, doing toad duty, or,...

The drought on Hank's ranch has finally ended, and it's a beautiful spring day. In fact, it's the kind of day in which the Head of Ranch Security really wouldn't expect to find himself protecting the ranch from bloodthirsty mosquitoes, doing toad duty, or,...

A Sidekick's Story Everyone loves Drover, Hank's trusty sidekick. But have you ever wondered what the little, white, stub-tailed dog's life was like before he came to the ranch? Well, it's all here, in Drover's own words. Scratching his story out in the dirt...

For twenty-five years, readers have enjoyed watching Drover, Hank's trusty sidekick, try to finagle himself out of every dangerous situation that arises on the ranch. But what happened before Drover came to the ranch? Well, it's all here - from his early days as...

For twenty-five years, readers have enjoyed watching Drover - Hank's trusty sidekick - try to finagle himself out of every dangerous situation that arises on the ranch. But what happened before Drover came to the ranch? Well, it's all here - from his early...

It's roundup time on the ranch, but Hank's been left behind Benny, a hot shot, high priced cowdog, is running the show while Hank is tied to a fence post.Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 1591882109ISBN-13: 9781591882107Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2017Pages: 118Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.30h...

Hank is literally at the end of his rope in his tenth adventure. It's roundup time at the ranch and Hank is left behind, tied to a post, while a high-bred border collie named Bennie takes his place. How can Hank restore himself as...

Includes two original songs: "Saddle Up Overture in C-Maybe" and "Daddy packed His Suitcase 'Cause Momma was a Mean Old Bag."Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 1591886104ISBN-13: 9781591886105Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2002Format: CDWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 6.91h x 6.13w x 0.56d

Heading into the wild outback, Hank goes in search of his true love, the charming Miss Beulah. Hank is sure he can win Beulah's heart--but first he'll need the help of a powerful love potion.Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 1591882052ISBN-13: 9781591882053Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished:...

Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 1591886058ISBN-13: 9781591886051Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2002Format: CDWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 7.52h x 5.36w x 0.55d

Hank's thoughts turn to romance. He decides that he has been working too hard and needs a vacation. Hank goes to visit his true love, Miss Beulah the Collie, and encounters all kinds of challenging situations on the way. Will his intuition and investigating...

Riley McDaniels is growing up. He can even almost outlast Spud, the tough-as-nails ranch hand, at sawing lumber. But, is he ready to defend the ranch against the possible return of escaped jailbirds, Joe McGreggor and his gang? After Riley and Grampy fight their...

From the Preface by John R. Erickson: "Hank has become a popular fellow. We have sold over nine million books about his adventures, and we are now hearing from second and third generation Hank fans. They, too, are curious. They want to know...who is...

Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, matches wits with an escaped circus monkey.Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 1591882141ISBN-13: 9781591882145Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2017Pages: 110Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.60dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 4.8Point Value: 3Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 6421 / Hank...

Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 1591886147ISBN-13: 9781591886143Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2002Format: CDWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.50h x 5.30w x 0.60d

A convoy of circus trucks is passing through the ranch. The last truck in the column hits a bump and a large red box falls off and comes to rest in the pasture. Hank and Drover investigate the box and discover that it contains...

#1: While investigating a murder on the ranch, Hank finds himself the number one suspect. #2: Hank conducts defensive maneuvers against an attacking silver monster bird.Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 0916941817ISBN-13: 9780916941819Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2002Pages: 6Format: CDWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 7.40h x 5.30w x 0.90d

#15: After losing his post as Head of Ranch Security in a crooked bet with Pete the Barncat, Hank is finally pushed to the limit. Long having wanted to rid the ranch of Pete's snide presence, Hank devises a plan to do just that....

Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 0916941892ISBN-13: 9780916941895Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2002Pages: 5Format: CDWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 5.08h x 5.66w x 0.93d

Packed with both hilarious and beautiful songs, this collection is a real treasure. Where else can young fans hear Buzzard Chant, a classical version of Me Just a Worthless Coyote, Slim's soulful Song of the Road, or learn some of life's lessons like I...

Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 0916941833ISBN-13: 9780916941833Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2002Format: CDWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 7.59h x 5.40w x 0.86d

Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 0916941825ISBN-13: 9780916941826Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2002Format: CDWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 7.30h x 5.50w x 0.80d

Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 0916941868ISBN-13: 9780916941864Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2002Format: CDWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 5.10h x 5.64w x 0.93d

Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 0916941914ISBN-13: 9780916941918Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2002Pages: 6Format: CDWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 7.60h x 5.30w x 0.90d

Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 0916941841ISBN-13: 9780916941840Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2002Format: CDWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 7.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d

Hank's Card Game is a deck of cards with beautiful color illustrations of different Hank characters on thirteen sets of four cards each plus two jokers with the game's instuctions. Each card has a Hank book title above the character's illustration and the three...

Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 1591886031ISBN-13: 9781591886037Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2002Format: CDWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 7.40h x 5.40w x 0.51d

While visiting his sister in town, Hank contracts a mysterious case of "soap hydrophobia"--and ends up in the dog poundAuthor: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 1591882036ISBN-13: 9781591882039Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2017Pages: 120Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.60dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 4.8Point Value: 3Interest Level:...

Hank's third adventure opens with Hank in trouble again, so he decides to make a visit to town to see his sister. Sounds innocent enough, but then Hank takes his nieces and nephews on a garbage patrol and gets captured by the dog catcher....

Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, pursues an elusive chicken murderer.Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 1591886066ISBN-13: 9781591886068Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2002Pages: 3Format: CDWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.54h x 1.31w x 0.93d

Who--or what--has been killing Sally May's chickens? Everyone on the ranch is a suspect--even Hank Can he solve the crime and prove his innocence before he's relieved of his command...and condemned?Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 1591882060ISBN-13: 9781591882060Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2017Pages: 129Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize:...

Who's killing the ranch's chickens? What's Ranch Security going to do about it? These are the critical questions in Hank's sixth adventure. A fiendish murderer is loose on the ranch. Never has Hank followed so many clues or interrogated more suspects. Every character in...

While battling a "blinded" blizzard to get cough syrup for Baby Mollie, fearless Hank charms Miss Beulah the Collie Dog, saves Slim and Drover from freezing, sings a love song about fleas, and outwits Pete the Barncat.Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 1591882168ISBN-13: 9781591882169Publisher: Maverick Books...

A terrible winter storm strikes the Texas Panhandle. Down at Slim's place, Hank and Drover listen to the wind howling outside, watching the snow pile up outside. The phone rings. It's High Loper. Baby Molly has a bad cough and needs medicine. Can Hank...

Little Alfred has run away to the Dark Unchanted Forest--and he's being followed by none other than Sinister the Bobcat. Can Hank rescue his master's son...before it's too late?Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 1591882117ISBN-13: 9781591882114Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2017Pages: 124Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.30h x...

Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 1591886112ISBN-13: 9781591886112Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2002Format: CDWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 7.50h x 5.40w x 0.60d

Hank starts out to give Pete the Barncat a little scare, but to his surprise Pete turns out to be Sinister the Bobcat. Hank finds himself on a mission to save Little Alfred. Hank stumbles upon Madame Moonshine and gets trapped by Rip and...

Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 1591886236ISBN-13: 9781591886235Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2002Pages: 3Format: CDWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.50h x 5.40w x 0.60d

Slim rescues an orphan raccoon, and much to Hank's dismay, everyone on the ranch is enchanted with the "cute" baby coon with the beady little eyes and amazing little hands. Yet, little do they know that every time midnight rolls around, Eddy the Rac...

Slim rescues an orphan raccoon, and much to Hank's dismay, everyone on the ranch is enchanted with the "cute" baby coon with the beady little eyes and amazing little hands. Yet, little do they know that every time midnight rolls around, Eddy the Rac...

Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 159188604XISBN-13: 9781591886044Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2002Format: CDWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 7.60h x 5.35w x 0.55d

There's been a brutal murder on the ranch, and Hank thinks he knows who the guilty party is. Can he nab the killer before he strikes again?Author: John R. EricksonISBN-10: 1591882044ISBN-13: 9781591882046Publisher: Maverick Books (TX)Language: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2017Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.60d

Hank faces a baffling new mystery which begins with the death of a calf on the ranch. Hank goes on a very dangerous mission to spy on the coyote village and arrest the murderer. A pack of wild dogs also complicates the plot. It...

When John Erickson, author of the Hank the Cowdog book series, saved up and purchased a tract of Panhandle property near Perryton, it set off a chain of discovery. Who lived in Texas over a thousand years ago? In Porch Talk, John Erickson and...

Prairie Gothic is full of Texas lore. Erickson tells the story of people in the context of a specific place. This place, instrumental in shaping their lives, is the flatland prairie of northwestern Texas that has gone by various names (High Plains, South Plains,...

The National Ranching Heritage Center is proud to partner with Hank the Cowdog for this newest addition to the Ranch Life Learning series: Cowboys and Horses. Saddle up for some fun as everyone's favorite Head of Ranch Security, Hank, gives readers a glimpse into...