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.

How I Got This Way

Author: Patrick F. McManus
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429900695
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
Tales of rural Idaho by the New York Times–bestselling author: “There’s a smile or guffaw to be had on almost every page . . . entertainment aplenty.” —Publishers Weekly From fibbing fishermen to wilderness misadventures to eulogies for a mean dog, this is a charming collection of comic essays and tall tales from the Field & Stream and Outdoor Life writer and “funniest guy in a flannel shirt” (Kirkus Reviews). Among the many selections is the two-part title essay, in which Patrick McManus delves into the chaotic country boyhood that shaped him into one of the best-loved and bestselling authors of our age. “Gentle, ironic, self-deprecatory wit from the popular western humorist. There’s some of Bill Nye here and more still of Mark Twain.” —Booklist “The brief selections are of the type one might hear from a droll uncle/grandfather prefaced by the phrase, ‘When I was a boy.’ They are mainly outdoor adventures, some of which masquerade as hunting trips, and celebrate life. All are laugh-out-loud funny.” —School Library Journal “Patrick McManus is a treasure.” —The Atlantic

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Bad Apple

Author:
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 039925191X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
Relates how Mac, the apple, and Will, the worm, became friends.