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Mark Twain's semi-autobiographical travel memoir, "Roughing It" was written between 1870-1871 and subsequently published in 1872. Billed as a prequel to "Innocents Abroad", in which Twain details his travels aboard a pleasure cruise through Europe and the Holy Land in 1867, "Roughing It" conversely documents Twain's early days in the old wild west between the years 1861-1867. Employing his characteristically humoristic wit and flare for regional dialect,...

When Hank the Cowdog is accused of murder, he resigns his position as Head of Ranch Security and joins a gang of outlaw coyotes.

Hank the Cowdog and his sidekick Drover find themselves confronting a huge storm in the middle of the night.

Pete the barncat swindles the intrepid cowdog out of his job as Head of Ranch Security.

A stray dog has appeared on the ranch, and he's missing more than a couple of his marbles. While crazy Jake has Hank running around defending the ranch from marauding pirates form Madagascar, a thief makes off with all of Loper's best saddles! It's up to Hank to find the saddles and save his hide.

Hank the Cowdog's adventures include being trapped in a runaway pickup truck and later discovering a nest of trespassing stray cats in a haystack.

Hank the Cowdog almost loses his job as Head of Ranch Security when he develops a case of Eye-Crosserosis.

Hank the Cowdog sticks his nose where it does not belong and ends up with what he thinks is a double bumblebee sting, but when his nose swells up and he starts feeling woozy he suspects he was nipped by something worse than a bee.

Hank the Cowdog, head of ranch security, discovers that drinking a bucket of plant food restores his energy but also gives him a serious case of mopwater poisoning.

Abandoned and lost in a strange town, Hank the Cowdog, law-abiding head of ranch security, embarks on a spree of fun and mischief with a jailhouse mutt named Ralph.