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The Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve #13 (Hank the Cowdog)

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This is a book that will truly make you cry with laughter. Who ever knew that buzzards could be portrayed so humorously. Besides, you not only get the misadventures of Jr. but also his father.Throw a bachelor cowboy and two children in the mix and look out. Erikson is a master of midwestern cowboy culture and style. I live just next to Texas and people really do act and talk that way down there. This is not a farce but real. The people are also warm, kind hearted, and well intentioned as well as being, occassionally, misguided as we all are. Give this book a try. You will be glad you did.

Slim, Little Alfred, Hank and Drover are headed to town for Slim's last-minute Christmas shopping, and who but Wallace the Buzzard flies into the truck windshield. Wounded and out of his mind, Wallace won't make it through the night without a little help from his friends. Fortunately, Slim is a soft touch, so he agrees to nurse Wallace back to health. After putting Wallace in an empty feed bag, they all continue on their way to the mighty metropolis of Twitchell, Texas. While Slim does his Christmas shopping for Sally May and Miss Viola, Little Alfred discovers why you should never, ever let the bird out of the bag! This tape includes two of my all-time favorite songs: "My Daddy Had a Wreck Today" and "A Pox, A Pox on Emily Post!". This is a heart-warming tale, performed to perfection by the author, that you won't want to miss

Hank the cowdog is "head of ranch security," and tend to act like Barney Fife. the entire seires of Hank the Cowdog stories are hilarious. The story is told from the perspective of Hank and the animal characters in this story, such as Drover, the young pup in training for ranch security, are constantly causing problems for Hank. In one story Hank gets sick after eating a frying pan full of bacon grease. He knows what he should and should not do, but always finds himself being overcome by his true nature--egotistical, gluttonous, etc.

Read this book and you will be addicted to Hank.

This is one of my favriote books it is funny and exciting. It takes the perspective of a cowdog on a ranch in east texas. That thinks he is head of ranch security and goes through a lot of hillarius storys.

In this book a buzzard gets hurt, and he gets taken care of.Well,one day Slim,Little Alfred, Drover(the dog),and Hank(the dog)was driving to town to get Christmas presents,and a buzzard named Wallace flew into the wind shield.He got hurt pretty bad,and Little Alfred begged Slim to take him home and take care of him.Slim took him home after he went shopping,and cured him.Then Wallace flew away with his son happily ever after.

Its about a dog who gets into a lot of adventures and mysteries and always solves them. It is a good book and is really funny.

This book will make you laugh until it hurts!

Slim is this dude who, with his ugly cow-dog Hank, another dog named Drover and a kid named Little Alfred go out on a shopping run to pick up some last minute Christmas gifts. His dog Hank is the narrator of this tale.

Lo and behold, this poor old buzzard, Wallace the Buzzard flies right into the truck windshield. Dazed and injured, the lovable buzzard knows he'll need to get by with a little help from his friends. Luckily, Slim is touched by the buzzard's plight and offers to take care of the bird until he has recovered.

Slim's method is to place the buzzard into an empty feed bag. With their grumpy, lovable buzzard in tow, the party makes their way to Twitchell Texas to hit the shops. Little Alfred, all of 4 gets a crash course in buzzard husbandry and learns why it is never a good idea to let an irate buzzard out of a feed bag!

Luckily for all, Wallace recovers and his son, a gentle buzzard teaches everyone a lesson in appreciating buzzards, which helps reinforce the holiday spirit. The buzzards do a wonderful clean up job after the festivities.

If you get the tape, the songs are a scream! You'll love it!

I love all the Hank books, and this is a great one for the Christmas season. These books are hilarious and more important to the young reader, fun to read. I'd also check the rest of the series.

Author of "Hobo Finds A Home" editor "Of A Predatory Heart"

wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hank the cowdog is a great book for the family or by yourself . john r erikson did a wonderful job on this book . you need to read it to belive it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.