Prairie Gothic: The Story of a West Texas Family

John R. Erickson

Jan 2005 · Frances B. Vick Series Book 3 · University of North Texas Press

About this ebook

Prairie
Gothic is full of Texas lore. Erickson (author of Hank the Cowdog) tells his family saga of growing up in
northwestern Texas. His family encountered significant historical figures, such
as Cynthia Ann Parker, and includes members of the Estacado Quaker colony.
Erickson tells the story of Martha Sherman, who died at the hands of the
Comanche, and the tale of the notorious outlaw Tom Ross. Prairie Gothic also includes Erickson’s encounters with famous Texas
writers, such as John Graves and J. Evetts Haley.

About the author

John R. Erickson, born in Midland, Texas, and raised in the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton, is a fifth-generation Texan with ranching roots back to the 1850s. He graduated from the University of Texas and studied at the Harvard Divinity School, but made his living on horseback while pursuing his writing. His Hank the Cowdog series has become a national favorite. He and his wife run their own ranch and commercial beef cattle operation. A member of the Texas Institute of Letters, Erickson has been profiled in Southern Living, American Cowboy Magazine, and on CBS's Evening News with Dan Rather. He is the author of seven books in UNT Press's Western Life Series.