When Dr. Montrose visits their Texas ranch in the summer of 1927, fourteen-year-old Riley and his twelve-year-old brother Coy are drawn into an archaeological adventure.
John Richard Erickson (born October 20, 1943) is an American cowboy and author, best known for his Hank the Cowdog series of children's novels.
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