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A Fine and Pleasant Misery » (REV)
Authors: Patrick F. McManus, Jack Samson
ISBN-13: 9780805000320, ISBN-10: 0805000321
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Date Published: April 1981
Edition: REV
Author Biography: Patrick F. McManus
Patrick F. McManus is a renowned outdoor writer, humorist, and longtime columnist for Outdoor Life and Field & Stream. His most recent books are the Sheriff Bo Tully mysteries Avalanche and The Blight Way. He is the author of many other books, including such runaway New York Times bestsellers as The Grasshopper Trap, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, and Real Ponies Don't Go Oink! He lives in Spokane, Washington.
Book Synopsis
More witty cautionary tales of outdoor life, by everybody's favorite expert on the subject, Patrick F. McManus.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | vii | |
| Introduction | ix | |
| A Fine and Pleasant Misery | 1 | |
| A Dog for All Seasons | 9 | |
| The Modified Stationary Panic | 14 | |
| Grogan's War Surplus | 24 | |
| The Big Trip | 33 | |
| The Theory and Application of Old Men | 43 | |
| The Two-Wheeled ATV | 51 | |
| The Backyard Safari | 57 | |
| Shooting the Chick-a-nout Narrows | 63 | |
| The Miracle of the Fish Plate | 75 | |
| The Backpacker | 83 | |
| Great Outdoor Gadgets Nobody Ever Invented | 89 | |
| The Purist | 96 | |
| The Outfit | 101 | |
| Kid Camping | 111 | |
| How to Fish a Crick | 118 | |
| Further Teachings of Rancid Crabtree | 127 | |
| The Great Cow Plot | 137 | |
| The Mountain Man | 144 | |
| The Rescue | 151 | |
| "I'll Never Forget Old 5789-A" | 160 | |
| The Ba'r | 165 | |
| The Rendezvous | 174 | |
| Cigars, Logging Trucks, and Know-It-Alls | 179 | |
| But Where's the Park, Papa? | 186 | |
| A Yup of a Different Color | 193 | |
| Mountain Goats Never Say "Cheese!" | 200 |
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