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: “Funniest guy in the Outdoor Life and Field and Stream gang, McManus here offers another bag of whimsey in the Great Outdoors” —Kirkus Reviews 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. Praise for Patrick F. McManus “Patrick McManus is a treasure.” —The Atlantic “Everybody should read Patrick McManus.” —The New York Times Book Review “A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor.” —People “Describing Patrick F. McManus as an outdoor humorist is like saying Mark Twain wrote books about small boys . . . the funniest writer around today—indoors or outdoors.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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: 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
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 232 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
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 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 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 Huckleberry Murders written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheriff Bo Tully is famous for his hunches--most recently, his suspicion that local retiree Orville Poulson has been murdered by his ranch caretaker, Ray Crockett--a sociopath with a criminal record. The only problem is that Tully has no evidence and no body to prove that a crime has been committed.
Download or read book Dara s Clever Trap written by Liz Flanagan and published by Barefoot Books. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this illustrated chapter book retelling of a folk tale from Cambodia, cunning Dara uses her expertise as an engineer to foil a wicked plot and save her husband. Available individually and as part of the Stories from around the World: 4 Tales of Problem-Solving & Wit set.
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 Never Sniff a Gift Fish written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 1984-09-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More humorous observations and insights into the agonies and ecstacies of hunting, fishing, and camping by the author of They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?and other celebrations of life in the wild.
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 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 The Blight Way written by Patrick F. McManus and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-01-02 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new series by the author of The Bear in the Attic finds Idaho sheriff Bo Tully's hopes about a rekindled romance with his high-school sweetheart challenged by his father's upcoming seventy-fifth birthday celebration and a ranch murder involving numerous possible suspects. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
Download or read book Etc Guy written by Eric Miller and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-02-17 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT ETC. GUY:“Eric Miller's stories have more than once made me spit coffee from my nose from laughing. His humor ranges from subtle and self-effacing, to ribald. He writes what many of us think but don't dare say.” -Jeffrey Bergeron/Biff America, author of Steep, Deep and Dyslexic and columnist for Backcountry Magazine and the Summit Daily News“Eric Miller's parental observations are amusing and provocative. He stumbles through his role as a husband and father to two teenage daughters, but manages to press on.” -Marne Larsen, Editor, Growing Up Chico Magazine“Eric Miller is an aging athlete that has more luck figuring out what's happening on a hockey rink than in the minds of his wife and teenage daughters.” -Q. Bryce Randle, Editor, Hockey Player Magazine“Eric Miller, former North State Voices columnist and Etc. Guy blogger, has the knack of observing daily, mundane, events and spinning them into amusing stories. He can be edgy, but most guys are.” -David Little, Editor, Chico Enterprise-Record Visit www.etcguy.com for more information
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.
