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5 MORE Things You Didn't Know About the Hank Series

        In this long-awaited follow-up to a previous blog post, here we go with "5 MORE Things You Didn't Know About the Hank Series."  In it, we here at Maverick Books conduct our own little question-and-answer session with John R. Erickson!           1.   ...

Trailer for the Upcoming Hank the Cowdog Movie!

Hey Everyone!      VERY EXCITING NEWS! We've been getting a lot of questions about the progress of the upcoming Hank the Cowdog movie, and today we're pleased to announce the Official Teaser Trailer!   “We always had a feeling that it would make a wonderful series of animated movies."...

Questions from the Mailbag, Part 2

Dear Readers,  As promised: John R. Erickson's answers to some of your questions . . . Enjoy, and keep reading!    Q) From Sunshine: Will Hank ever get a girlfriend? Or have any "little Hanks"? :) I always feel sorry for him always coming out the loser, when he really...

"Sketch of a Cowboy," An Essay

    The word “cowboy” did not exist in the English language until the traildriving period of the 1870s and 1880s. Before that time, mounted men who handled livestock were known as “drovers” or “herders.” When the word first appeared, probably in the railroad terminal cities in Kansas and Nebraska,...

The Big Question: Chapter One

    It’s me again, Hank the Cowdog. At this point, you don’t know The Big Question and I’m not in a position to tell you, not yet. See, it’s classified information, very secret, and we can’t go public with it until later in the story.     Can you...

Be Among the First to Hear Book 60's Songs - Available Now!

Hi Hank-Fans!  As you've probably guessed, we're really excited about "The Big Question" (To be released Oct. 11 this year), and we hope you are too! Today, we're pleased to make the songs from the audiobook available to you: the first one is Maters and Taters, sung by Slim, and the...