Panhandle Cowboy

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Author:

Erickson, John R.

Foreword by:

McMurtry, Larry

By (photographer):

Ellzey, Bill

ISBN:

978-1-57441-064-8

Publication Date:

Feb 1999

Publisher:

University of North Texas Press

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

USD $24.95

Book Description:

First published in 1980, this classic description of the cowboy life by master storyteller John Erickson is now back in print. His observations about the Crown Ranch in particular, and the cowboy lifestyle in general, are filled with humor as well as pathos. Erickson describes the ranch, individual cowboys, roundups, wild cattle, and horses.

Book Details

Pages:	207
Detailed Subjects:	Social Science / Sociology / Rural Biography & Autobiography / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	6 x 9 x 0.93 Inches
Book Weight:	1.2 Pounds

Author Biography

Erickson, John (Author)

John Richard Erickson was born in Midland, Texas on October 20, 1943. In 1966, he received a B.A. degree from the University of Texas in Austin and studied for two years at Harvard Divinity School.

He began to publish short stories while working full-time as a cowboy, farmhand, and ranch manager. In 1982, he started his own publishing company called Maverick Books, which published the first Hank the Cowdog book in 1983. He is the author of the best-selling Hank the Cowdog series, which won an Audie for Outstanding Children's Series from the Audio Publisher's Association in 1993. His stories have also won Oppenheimer, Wrangler, and Lamplighter Awards.

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