{"title":"J Erickson","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"through-time-and-the-valley-book-j-erickson-9780929398952","title":"Through Time and the Valley","description":"The isolated Canadian River in the Texas Panhandle stretched before John Erickson and Bill Ellzey as they began a journey through time and what the locals call the valley. They went on horseback, as they might have traveled it a century before. Everywhere they went they talked, worked, and swapped stories with the people of the valley, piecing together a picture of what life has been like there for a hundred years. Through Time and the Valley is their story of the river-its history, its lore, its colorful characters, the comedies and tragedies that valley people have spun yarns about for generations. Outlaws, frontier wives, Indian warriors, cowboys, craftsmen, dance-hall girls, moonshiners, inventors, ranchers-all are part of the Canadian River country heritage that gives this book its vitality. Through Time and the Valley is the finest non-scholarly account of the history, culture, and people of this region. . . . What I did notice was humor, pathos, strong characterization, crisp dialogue, and such a sense of place as to bring a lump to my throat.-Roundup Magazine This is such a nice book, written in a perceptive but relaxed style, and with a pervasive sense of the land on every page. . . . This includes discussions of both battles at Adobe Walls, with much on Billy Dixon, Kit Carson, and Charles Goodnight.-Council Fires  T]his is a pleasant journey back in time to a distinct locale in Texas.-Review of Texas Books JOHN R. ERICKSON, a fifth-generation Texan, was born and raised in the Texas Panhandle. In 1982 Erickson launched the Hank the Cowdog series, with sales well over seven million copies and counting. He is the author of Prairie Gothic, The Modern Cowboy, Catch Rope, LZ Cowboy, Panhandle Cowboy, Some Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys, and Friends, all published by the University of North Texas Press.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49797945196817,"sku":"CIN0929398955G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49889488896273,"sku":"CIN0929398955VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0929398955.jpg?v=1751265888"},{"product_id":"the-military-technical-revolution-its-impact-on-strategy-and-foreign-policy-rare-book-j-erickson-1648555350mhp","title":"The Military-Technical Revolution: Its Impact On Strategy And Foreign Policy","description":"1966. No Edition Remarks. 284 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth boards with lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. 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There were many qualities I admired in the Ellzey family, but the one which bound us most closely together was our love of ranch life, in all its forms and expressions: the beauty of a sunset on Wolf Creek; the changes in the weather; pride in horses and horsemanship; an endless curiosity about the land and the peculiar habits of animals; and most of all, work.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book comes from the journals Erickson kept during his two years as an LZ cowboy. He has always kept journals of his ranch work, some of the material being used for facts and details of \u003ci\u003ePanhandle Cowboy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Cowboy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCowboy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCountry\u003c\/i\u003e . A second reading of his LZ journals after a twelve-year lapse convinced Erickson that these stories did not need to be rewritten and shouldn't be. They are presented as the \"log of a cowboy,\" to borrow a term from Andy Adams--how it felt to be a cowboy in the Texas Panhandle in the years 1979-1981: the snow, the mud, the cattle drives, the pranks, the accidents, the equipment, the horses, the frustrations, the triumphs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHank the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCowdog\u003c\/i\u003e readers will recognize names, locations, and incidents from the Hank series: Tuerto, Drover, Casey the Bronc, the machine shed, the calf shed, the sick pen, and the gas tanks. 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