Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing

Author: Patrick F. McManus
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439127336
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 269

Book Description
Like Twain -- or more contemporary humorists Dave Barry and Garrison Keillor -- Patrick McManus shares the belief that life's eternal verities exist primarily to be overturned. In McManus's world, all steaks should be chicken-fried, strong coffee is drunk by the light of a campfire, and fishing trips consist of men acting like boys and boys behaving like the small animals we've always assumed they were. In this, the tenth hilarious collection of his adventures, wry observations, and curmudgeonly calls for bigger and bigger fish stories, McManus takes on everything from an Idaho crime wave to his friend Dolph's atomic-powered huckleberry picker to the uncertain joys of standing waist-deep in icy water, watching the fish go by.

Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing

Author: Patrick F. McManus
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439127336
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Kerplunk!

Author: Patrick F. McManus
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743280504
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
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.

Never Cry "Arp!" and Other Great Adventures

Author: Patrick F. McManus
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466809477
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 105

Book Description
America's best-selling outdoor humorist for adults has a secret following: middle-grade and young-adult readers. Never Cry "Arp!" is a lively collection of twelve stories about young Pat's misadventures in the Great American Wilderness. All the McManus regulars are here: Crazy Eddie Muldoon, the best friend everybody wishes they had (and everybody's mother wishes they didn't); Rancid Crabtree, the good-hearted, if gamey, woodsman; Pat's skunk dog, Strange, who lives up to his name; and Pat's pal, Retch Sweeney, who does, too. This is a book for kids who love to start fishing at 4am (at least they say they do) or for those who prefer to experience the mighty outdoors in the safety of their homes. "Everybody should read Patrick McManus," said the New York Times. Now, everybody can.

Whatchagot Stew

Author: Patrick F. McManus
Publisher: Henry Holt
ISBN: 9780805009224
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 270

Book Description
Memoirs blend fact and fiction including recipes for edible and not-so-edible dishes

A Fine and Pleasant Misery

Author: Patrick F. McManus
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0805000321
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Witty cautionary tales of outdoor life.

The Bear in the Attic

Author: Patrick F. McManus
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805072952
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
Humorous essays about the joys and irritations of outdoor life range from the art of wrestling toads to pondering the philosophical nature of being lost.

My Greenhouse

Author: Bella Mayo
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1524874191
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
A debut collection exploring the experience of first love and heartbreak through poetry, from actress and artist Bella Mayo. My Greenhouse is a collection of poems inspired by the author's first romance, beginning with the seeds of infatuation, blooming for a time into real love, and then eventually dying back, making room for new growth. The pieces evoke the feelings of enchantment, uncertainty, pain, and ultimately healing that come with your first love and heartbreak.

The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw

Author: Patrick F. McManus
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466809493
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
America’s “most gifted outdoor humorist” (Detroit Free Press) regales readers with this collection of gut-busting, man vs. nature tales originally published in such magazines as Field & Stream and Outdoor Living. Patrick F. McManus’s hilarious and comic stories of camping and other nature-oriented activities reach ridiculous proportions in The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw. From teaching his stepfather the methods of madness behind farm work through his best friend’s grandmother’s fear of bears, McManus reveals that human behavior is even wilder than the wilderness.

The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories

Author: Patrick F. McManus
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1620877554
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories is a hilarious addition to Patrick F. McManus’s existing work in humor. The author weighs in on his childhood, everyday life, and outdoor tales with his typical exaggerated commentary that will elicit a belly laugh from all types of readers. Read about the antics of Patrick’s friends Rancid Crabtree and Retch Sweeney in such stories as “Shaping Up for the Hunt” and “Bear Hunters.” McManus plays off the recent obsession with hoarders in his surprising story “The Lady Who Kept Things.” In the titular story, meet Patrick’s horse, Huckleberry, and enjoy the experience of all the problems that come along with owning your own horse—or keeping him in the garage. Other great stories include: “Catch-And-Eaters,” about the importance of a forked stick when fishing “$7000 TV Historical Extravaganza,” a look at one director’s loose interpretation of historical accuracy and political correctness “A Lake Too Far,” concerning the woes of Patrick and his wife, Bun, on a fateful birding trip in Australia “Chicken Chronicles,” which involves Patrick’s memory of wandering around naked in the chicken yard when guests came to call So pull up a chair, sit back, and enjoy laughing to the hilarious adventures of Patrick F. McManus in The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories.