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Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, matches wits with an escaped circus monkey.Tags
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The monkey in Hank the Cowdog and Monkey Business is a circus monkey whose box fell off one of the circus trucks that pass by the Lopers' ranch. Once the monkey is free, Hank shows a very unlovely side of his character by using the monkey to bully Drover and the ranch chickens. (Pete the Barncat isn't made happy, either.) Hank thinks he has it made until the monkey has other ideas. The tormented dogs take refuge in the house. Will they be safe? If the monkey comes in, how can they keep it from making a big mess that's sure to set off Sally May Loper? As Hank has reason to know, Sally May has deadly aim when she throws things. She's quite fond of throwing rocks at our favorite cowdog when she's mad at him.
Of the background music, I show more recognized 'Turkey in the Straw,' 'Battle Hymn of the Republic,' 'Beethoven's Fifth,' 'Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1,' the 'William Tell Overture' (also known as 'The Lone Ranger' theme), 'My Country 'Tis of Thee,' 'I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair,' and 'Yankee Doodle'. show less
Of the background music, I show more recognized 'Turkey in the Straw,' 'Battle Hymn of the Republic,' 'Beethoven's Fifth,' 'Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1,' the 'William Tell Overture' (also known as 'The Lone Ranger' theme), 'My Country 'Tis of Thee,' 'I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair,' and 'Yankee Doodle'. show less
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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 show more 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) show less
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- Hank the Cowdog and Monkey Business
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- Hank the Cowdog (Head of Ranch Security); Drover (dog, Hank's little assistant); The Pasha of Shizzam (a circus monkey); Pete the Barncat; Sally May Loper (wife of High, the ranch owner)
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- Lopers' Ranch, Ochiltree County, Texas, USA
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