John R. Erickson

Plato is back...that is, back on the scene. Once again, he's lost and Beulah is worried. However, when she calls on Hank to head up a rescue effort, little do either of them realize that their search will lead them right into the path of the hungry cannibal brothers, Rip and Snort.

Who lived in Texas over a thousand years ago? In Porch Talk, John Erickson and his archaeologist friend Doug Boyd investigate this question while explaining the art and science of archaeology for middle listeners.

It’s all hands on deck after head rooster J.T. Cluck files an alarming report that the Charlies have invaded the ranch! And, things go from bad to worse when, in the midst of the chaos, Drover turns up missing.

Evocatively chronicled, Erickson tells what it is like trying to stop the unstoppable. Bad Smoke, Good Smoke gives voice to the particular pains that ranchers must face in our era of climate change and ever more powerful natural disasters.

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....

Loper and Sally May have left Slim to manage the ranch while they go off to visit the relatives for the holidays....

Fall is an important time of year on a ranch, mostly because it means that winter is coming soon! And, on Hank’s ranch, that means that the cake house is about to be filled with bags of feed to get the cattle through the long frozen days ahead....

It's summertime, and the weather on Hank's West Texas ranch is hot and dry. So dry, in fact, that everyone is on the lookout for prairie fires....

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, most especially of all, standing between his cowboy friends and a sick and angry cow....

When Hank makes the mistake of asking Drover what he's doing, Drover reveals his observation that the moon looks like a cookie....

Hank learns about a tool thief on the loose who uses a monkey to help him do his dirty work....

On a blustery day in late fall, Hank sneaks into the back of Slim's pickup and finds himself at a neighboring rancher's fall branding...the very neighbor, in fact, who owns the gorgeous Miss Scamper the Beagle....

When Hank the Cowdog hears suspicious sounds coming from near Sally May's clothesline, it leads to a midnight investigation of the ranch....

Tired of his reputation as a con artist, Eddy the Rac sets out to prove that he's really a master magician....

Someone has been raiding Sally May's garbage barrels....

Hank the Cowdog and Drover, are just beginning their latest investigation when a pirate suddenly appears on the front porch....

It's scrap day on the ranch, and Hank is looking forward to a delicious feast of juicy, fatty bacon scraps....

Hank hears a rumor that the sky is going to fall from the ranch's resident rooster....

Someone has been stealing calves from Uncle Johnny's pasture, and it's up to Hank and Slim to put a stop to it....

Loper and Sally May have left Slim to manage the ranch while they go off to visit the relatives for the holidays....