The garbage monster from outer space

Main Author:	Erickson, John R., 1943-
Other Authors:	Holmes, Gerald L. (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Puffin Books, 1999.
Series:	Hank the cowdog #32
Subjects:	Hank the Cowdog (Fictitious character) > Juvenile fiction. Dogs > Juvenile fiction. Ranch life > West (U.S.) > Juvenile fiction. Humorous fiction > Juvenile. Mystery fiction > Juvenile.

Physical Description:	126 page
ISBN:	0141304227
Author Notes:	John Richard Erickson was born in Midland, Texas on October 20, 1943. In 1966, he received a B.A. degree from the University of Texas in Austin and studied for two years at Harvard Divinity School. He began to publish short stories while working full-time as a cowboy, farmhand, and ranch manager. In 1982, he started his own publishing company called Maverick Books, which published the first Hank the Cowdog book in 1983. He is the author of the best-selling Hank the Cowdog series, which won an Audie for Outstanding Children's Series from the Audio Publisher's Association in 1993. His stories have also won Oppenheimer, Wrangler, and Lamplighter Awards. (Bowker Author Biography)