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Book cover image of Never Sniff A Gift Fish by Patrick F. McManus

Authors: Patrick F. McManus
ISBN-13: 9780805000313, ISBN-10: 0805000313
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Date Published: September 1984
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 humerous 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.

	Blowing Smoke	1
	Poof-No Eyebrows!	10
	I Fish; Therefore, I Am	20
	Running on Empty	26
	The Cat and the Cat Burglar	33
	Salami on Rye and Hold the Wild Gobo	41
	Two-Man-Tent Fever	49
	Fish Poles, and Other Useful Terminology	56
	The Man Who Notices Things	64
	The Elk Trappers	73
	The Short Happy Life of Francis Cucumber	83
	The Arkansas Prank Hound	91
	Well, Excuuuuse Me!	98
	The Mountain Car	103
	The Christmas Hatchet	114
	The Night Grandma Shot Shorty	121
	The Kindest Cut of All	126
	The Bush Pilots	135
	Share and Share Alike	144
	Never Sniff a Gift Fish	151
	Backseats I Have Known	159
	Edgy Rider	166
	Strange Scenes and Eerie Events	178
	The Hunters' Workout Guide	184
	Temporary Measures	191
	The Fibricators	196
	The Family Camper's Dictionary	203
	The Big Match	210