Enhancing his narrative with good-natured humor, Erickson paints a vivid portrait of today's cowboy--with his stubborn and independent nature, odd-looking but practical garb, legendary horse sense, masculine pastimes, and indispensable wife. He carefully explains how the modern cowboy manages his cattle with truck and trailer and with rope and horse. Emphasizing branding, calving, and fencing, he describes what the cowboy must do during each season...

Hank the cowdog suffers from a dreaded double bumblebee sting--or is it something much worse?

Abandoned and lost in a strange town, Hank the Cowdog, law-abiding head of ranch security, embarks on a spree of fun and mischief with a jailhouse mutt named Ralph.

Stranded in town, Hank the Cowdog, finds himself drawn into a dangerous situation involving his sister Maggie and a terrible bully named Rambo.

Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, almost loses his job after two fiasco-filled rides in Slim's pickup truck.

Hank the Cowdog has one of the scariest adventures of his life when he and his cowardly companion, Drover, find themselves in a strange and spooky place on Halloween night.

After Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, collects clues from the chickens and the cat that indicate that the sky will fall, he springs into action to keep the ranch safe.