Download or read book The Grasshopper Trap written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 1986-09-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrick F. McManus, the “funniest guy in the Outdoor Life and Field & Stream gang...offers another bag of whimsy in the Great Outdoors”* with The Grasshopper Trap. In this collection of thirty zany stories, spoofing camping, fishing, and other outdoor recreational activities, McManus shares his hilarious wilderness misadventures. From facing an angry bear with an unloaded gun and the folly of running a boat while it’s still on the trailer to not questioning the ingredients found in camp cookout cuisine and the best methods of catching grasshoppers, no one knows how to express Mother Nature’s sense of humor like Patrick F. McManus. “It’s enough to tickle the most rabid member of the National Rifle Association.”—*Kirkus Reviews

Download or read book The Grasshopper Trap written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1986-09-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of humorous tales about hunting, fishing and camping.

Download or read book Kerplunk written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 242 pages. 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.

Download or read book How I Got This Way written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 242 pages. 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.

Download or read book Never Cry Arp and Other Great Adventures written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 1996-05-15 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book They Shoot Canoes Don t They written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 1982-09-15 with total page 240 pages. 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

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Download or read book The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 1990-05-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book A Fine and Pleasant Misery written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1981-04-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witty cautionary tales of outdoor life.

Download or read book The Bear in the Attic written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2003-06-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beloved humorist and bestselling author returns with his most riotous collection of essays to date. Overflowing with his trademark outdoorsman's wit, Patrick F. McManus's newest collection ponders the strange allure of the RV, the existential implications of being lost, the baffling tendency of animals to outsmart those who wish to hunt them, and the singular pleasure of doubling the size of every fish one doesn't actually catch. Combining the curmudgeonly voice of Dave Barry and the sly humor of Garrison Keillor, McManus brilliantly captures the everyday absurdities that comprise our existence. Alongside his humor, McManus's inimitable vision consistently evokes a childlike wonder at the natural world. Even if we are running low on food, the compass is broken, and we are fairly certain we have just spotted a family of Sasquatches frolicking in the treetops, The Bear in the Attic makes the outdoors seem irresistible.

Download or read book Never Sniff A Gift Fish written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1984-09-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are the hilarious tales of a sportsman's life in the great and often not-so great outdoors. McManus offers more cracker-barrel wisdom and zany insights into the agonies and ecstasies of hunting, fishing, and camping.

Download or read book Grasshopper Country written by David C. Rentz and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides complete coverage of the classification, biology and ecology of Australian orthopteroid insects. It discusses identifying features, collecting techniques, culture methods and preservation techniques. It also includes sounds from over 130 species.

Download or read book Real Ponies Don t Go Oink written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1992-06-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestsellers by America's favorite humorist: -A Fine And Pleasant Misery They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? Never Sniff A Gift Fish The Grasshopper Trap Rubber Legs And White Tail-hairs The Night The Bear Ate Goombaw Whatchagot Stew (with Patricia "The Troll" McManus Gass) Real Ponies Don't Go Oink The Good Samaritan Strikes Again How I Got This Way These titles are available from Henry Hold and Company.

Download or read book Whatchagot Stew written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Henry Holt. This book was released on 1990 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs blend fact and fiction including recipes for edible and not-so-edible dishes

Download or read book A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts written by David C. Rentz and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an aid to the identification of both adult and nymph stages of Australian grasshoppers, using nothing more than a 10x hand lens. Technical terminolgy is kept to minimum, as easy-to-understand diagrams illustrate the morphological structures necessary for identification.

Download or read book Rubber Legs and White Tail Hairs written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1988-10-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a humorous collection of tales, including "Muldoon in Love," a story that features a teacher who wore the same suit to school for thirty years.

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