Friends: Cowboys, Cattle, Horses, Dogs, Cats, and 'coons

John R. Erickson

University of North Texas Press, 2002 - Biography & Autobiography - 165 pages

Here under one cover are the collected writings of John R. Erickson about characters who have entered his life on the High Plains country of the Texas Panhandle. Erickson writes with authority about ranching and cowboying in the modern era, always with an eye for the humor of everyday incidents. Some of his friends are widely known, such as artist Ace Reid and noted fiddle player Frankie McWhorter. Others are cowboys who work the big ranches between the Canadian and Beaver Rivers. They share the stage with some of Erickson's four-legged friends: the Phantom Cow, Texie, the Incredible Burping Dog, an Arabian horse called Dandy, Callie the cat, and Eddy the raccoon.

Contents

• Ace Reid: 3
• Frankie McWhorter: 15
• Andy was a Cowboy: 25
• Cowboys: 33
• Dave Nicholson and the Pickle Snow Cone: 35
• Clarence Herrington and Cowboy Logic: 39
• Lance Bussards Broken Collarbone: 43
• Marshall Cator: 47
• Jim Streeter: 53
• Merle Krafts Roundup: 57
• Cattle: 61
• The Phantom Cow: 63
• Lucky the Orphan Calf: 69
• The Floating Cow: 75
• Geraldine Calf: 79
• A Mother Cow: 83
• Crazy Jane A Maverick Heifer: 87
• Red 12: 93
• Dogs Cats and Coons: 97
• Bones: 99
• Sophie: 103
• Penny: 107
• Texie The Incredible Burping Dog: 111
• Callie Cat: 115
• Eddy the Rac: 119
• Horses: 123
• Reno: 125
• Calypso: 129
• Dandy: 131
• Tom: 135
• Sinbad: 139
• Sabalita: 143
• Snips: 151
• Nocona: 157
• Windsong: 161

Popular passages

Page 4 - I didn't know what to expect when I got there, but I had a feeling that Ace and I would get along just fine.‎

Page 6 - I picked up the phone and dialed the number. It rang once and I hung up. It suddenly struck me that my agent's first response would be, "I never heard of him.‎

About the author

John R. Erickson, born in Midland, Texas, and raised in the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton, is a fifth-generation Texan with ranching roots back to the 1850s. He graduated from the University of Texas and studied at the Harvard Divinity School, but made his living on horseback while pursuing his writing. His Hank the Cowdog series has become a national favorite. He and his wife run their own ranch and commercial beef cattle operation. A member of the Texas Institute of Letters, Erickson has been profiled in Southern Living, American Cowboy Magazine, and on CBS’s Evening News with Dan Rather. He is the author of seven books in UNT Press’s Western Life Series.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Friends: Cowboys, Cattle, Horses, Dogs, Cats, and 'coons; Issue 6 of Western life series, John R. Erickson
• Author: John R. Erickson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press, 2002
• ISBN: 1574411454, 9781574411454
• Length: 165 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General; History / United States / State & Local / General; History / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX); Nature / Animals / General; Social Science / Sociology / Rural