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Author : Patrick F. McManus
Release : 1981-04-15
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 321/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Fine and Pleasant Misery by : Patrick F. McManus
Download or read book A Fine and Pleasant Misery written by Patrick F. McManus. This book was released on 1981-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witty cautionary tales of outdoor life.
Author : Patrick F. McManus
Release : 2010-04-01
Genre : Humor
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 695/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis How I Got This Way by : Patrick F. McManus
Download or read book How I Got This Way written by Patrick F. McManus. This book was released on 2010-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrick McManus, the bestselling author of such hilarious books as A Fine and Pleasant Misery and Never Sniff a Gift Fish, now offers readers solid thoughts on the qualities that define leadership, beginning with the need to be tall, and much more, in this outrageous collection of short pieces that reveals his tortuous trip along the writer's path.
Author : Patrick F. McManus
Release : 1982-09-15
Genre : Humor
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 523/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? by : Patrick F. McManus
Download or read book They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? written by Patrick F. McManus. This book was released on 1982-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With tongue pressed firmly in cheek and a gentle but penetrating eye for human foibles, Patrick F. McManus celebrates the hidden pleasures, unappreciated lore, and opportunities for disaster to be found in the recreations of camping, hunting, and fishing in his hilarious collection They Shoot Canoes, Don’t They? Gathered here for the reader’s edification are such treasures as the true but little known story of the discovery of the efficacy of live bait by Genghis Khan’s chef, an examination of the precarious and perhaps fanatical expertise required for ice fishing, and a consideration of the circumstances that can cause a deer to ride a bicycle. Among additional topics explored are The Crouch Hop and Other Useful Outdoor Steps, The Sensuous Angler, and Psychic Powers for Outdoorsmen. Included, too, is The Hunter’s Dictionary, an invaluable lexicon that helps the novice sportsman understand such arcane terminology as “Ooooooeee-ah-ah-ah! (If there’s one thing I hate, it’s putting on cold, wet pants in the morning)” and “Baff mast pime ig bead feas mid miff pife! (That’s the last time I try to eat peas in the dark with my hunting knife!)” The author’s appreciation of outdoor life began in his early boyhood, when he absorbed a wealth of improbable information imparted by the old woodsman Rancid Crabtree, “who bathed only on leap years.” Young McManus also enjoyed special adventures with his ill-remembered sidekick, Retch Sweeney, and another boon companion of days gone by, the loquacious family dog, Strange, whose exploits as a hunter were limited to assaulting stray chickens and on one memorable occasion a skunk. “McManus here follows up A Fine and Pleasant Misery with a collection of sketches that launches him into the front ranks of outdoor humorists.”—Library Journal
Author : Patrick F. McManus
Release : 2008-09-30
Genre : Humor
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 504/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Kerplunk! by : Patrick F. McManus
Download or read book Kerplunk! written by Patrick F. McManus. This book was released on 2008-09-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of curmudgeonly tales on Pacific Northwest country living as enjoyed by both outdoorsmen and armchair enthusiasts, in a volume that explores the lighter side of such topics as gun safes, fly tying, and bird dog flatulence.
Author : Patrick F. McManus
Release : 1981-04-15
Genre : Humor
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 396/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Fine and Pleasant Misery by : Patrick F. McManus
Download or read book A Fine and Pleasant Misery written by Patrick F. McManus. This book was released on 1981-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A hilarious compilation” (Los Angeles Times), A Fine and Pleasant Misery gathers twenty-seven witty, cautionary tales of the outdoor life from beloved humorist Patrick F. McManus in a collection edited and introduced by Jack Samson, long-time editor-in-chief of Field & Stream. The great outdoors have never been rendered as hysterically as in the reminiscences—true and exaggerated—of Patrick F. McManus. If you’re thinking about getting back to nature, the surreal adventures chronicled here will make you think twice about giving it all up for a life of camping, hiking, and hunting.
