{"id":1288,"date":"2018-12-31T16:35:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2018-12-31T16:35:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:35:15","slug":"glenn-dromgooles-texas-reads-column-appears-weekly-at-lonestarliterary-com-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1288","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Dromgoole’s Texas Reads column appears weekly at LoneStarLiterary.com"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n

4.29.2018\u00a0 Latest Hank the Cowdog novel inspired by 2017 wildfire<\/h1>\n

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<\/span><\/span>The 71st novel in the popular Hank the Cowdog series is The Case of the Monster Fire<\/span> (Maverick Books, $5.99 paperback).<\/p>\n

The story grew out of the March 2017 wildfire that burned more than a million acres in the Texas Panhandle, including the working ranch of John R. Erickson,<\/span> author of the Hank series.<\/p>\n

In The Case of the Monster Fire,<\/span> Hank and ranch hand Slim Chance come face to face with a wildfire unlike anything they\u2019ve seen before. Slim has just invested in his own herd of cattle; will he be able to save them?<\/p>\n

At the end of the story, John and Kris Erickson give a brief report on \u201cthe real fire\u201d that destroyed their home and ranch and Erickson\u2019s workshop. In the aftermath of the fire, they said they received boxes of encouraging letters from friends they had never met.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re already embarking on the road to rebuilding,\u201d they tell readers. \u201cThank you, Hank readers and friends, for your letters, prayers, and help. You have been an incredible blessing to us!\u201d Erickson also has teamed up with the National Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech to produce a three-book non-fiction series for young readers about real life on a ranch.<\/p>\n

The first book, published in the fall of 2016, focused on Ranching and Livestock,<\/span> while the second, published last fall, dealt with Cowboys and Horses.<\/span> The third book, Ranch Wildlife,<\/span> is scheduled for this fall.<\/p>\n

The books are written in the voice of Hank the Cowdog himself, who explains ranch life in easy-to-understand language. Although the series is intended for children, adults who have never lived on a ranch can learn something from the books as well.<\/p>\n

Perryton artist Gerald L. Holmes,<\/span> who has illustrated all the Hank stories, also provided the artwork for the non-fiction Ranch Life series.<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>San Antonio writers:<\/span> When Carlton Stowers<\/span> and I put together our selection of 101 Essential Texas Books<\/span> in 2014, one of our choices was the \u201cLiterary Cities\u201d series from TCU Press. At the time it consisted of five volumes, Literary Fort Worth<\/span> being the first, followed by Literary Austin<\/span> then Dallas, El Paso and Houston.<\/p>\n

What was missing was Literary San Antonio.<\/span> Well, no longer. TCU Press has published the San Antonio volume this spring (a handsome $34.95 hardcover), and it\u2019s well worth the wait.<\/p>\n

Edited by Bryce Milligan,<\/span> Literary San Antonio<\/span> includes a wide range of writers and their stories, essays or poems, grouped under five section headings \u2014 historical writing, journalism and political essays, poetry and prose poems, drama, and fiction.<\/p>\n

A few of the prominent authors represented: Maury Maverick Sr., Jan Jarboe Russell, Carmen Tafolla, Laurie Ann Guerrero, Naomi Shihab Nye, O. Henry, Stephen Harrigan, Nan Cuba, Rick Riordan, Sandra Cisneros.<\/span><\/p>\n

Milligan introduces the collection with an essay on \u201cThree Centuries of Writing in and of San Antonio,\u201d summarizing San Antonio\u2019s rich literary tradition.<\/p>\n

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Glenn Dromgoole<\/span> writes about Texas books and authors. Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

>> Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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