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The Frozen Rodeo (Paperback)
John R Erickson; Illustrated by Gerald L Holmes
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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 etched onto the
memory of an entire generation and will be passed down to the next.
They made the old-time methods of fighting fire with shovels, wet
gunny sacks, and ranch spray rigs a pathetic joke." Yet Bad Smoke,
Good Smoke, while relating a tale of gut-wrenching destruction,
also provides a more nuanced view of what is often a natural event,
giving the two-sided story of our relationship with fire. Not just
a first-hand account, Bad Smoke, Good Smoke also synthesizes and
explains the latest research in range management, climate, and
fire. Having experienced the bad smoke, Erickson tries to
understand a rancher's relationship to good smoke and to reconcile
the symbiotic relationship that a rancher has with fire.
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.
That's right! It all starts with Hank as a puppy enjoying his
family's backyard home. But, feathers really fly when Hank the
puppy defends his backyard against invading -- Phantom Ducks?
Hank's mother says it's a good time for him to go out on his own
before the dogcatcher arrives! Hank makes his way to the Twitchell
Livestock Auction. Will he join up with Slim, the cowboy he meets
there? Or will the dogcatcher provide his new home? Hear Hank sing
"Leaving Home." Bonus Stories: Included on this audio are the first
two Hank the Cowdog short stories ever written!
The popular Hank the Cowdog series is based on the humorous antics
of the canine Head of Ranch Security. In this first book, Hank and
his little buddy, Drover, set out to solve a series of baffling
murders on the ranch. Is Hank a suspect? An Outlaw? Can he clear
his good name?
In his book, Story Craft, John R. Erickson says that one of the
biggest challenges he faced as a young author was figuring out,
"What is a story, and what is it supposed to do?"
Those were simple questions, he says, but they didn't have
simple answers. We could say that he found his answers when he
wrote and self-published the first Hank the Cowdog book in 1983.
The series now stands at 54 books with over 7.5 million copies
sold.
For 26 years, Erickson was content to leave it there.
But after receiving hundreds of letters from teachers and
parents, he began to realize that his actual business was not
books, but "spiritual nourishment." Good stories nourish the human
spirit, and it doesn't happen by accident.
Part 1 of the book describes Erickson's experiences as an
apprentice writer and publisher. In Part 2, he attempts to defiine
what a story should be and how it relates to culture and religious
faith. And in Part 3, he gives helpful, practical advice to
aspiring writers.
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