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stories Super cute collection of essays, Ones you want to remember so you can retell your version of them as a bedtime story for your kids So many laughs!!! This was a laugh out loud all the way through to the end kind of book! It was even better narrated by Norman Dietz.
I have picked this up to listen to several times at the library but it never seemed to make it into the check out stack.
What a surprise it was! Light and funny stories of camping, fishing, hunting and mostly childhood boy stories but just fantastic.
The beloved humorist and bestselling author returns with his most riotous collection of essays to date
Starting 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 innocent tone 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 wildly irresistible.
Patrick McManus can spin a yarn, This book is full of story after story of McManus, his family, his friends and everyone else he happens upon in the tales.
As the title suggests, there are bears in the family attic in a few stories, but that does not abandon tales about fish, elk, turkey, sasquatch, and insane neighbors.
The book is hilarious. Collection of comedic short stories Patrick likes to write triction, I find all of his books entertaining, He has a great imagination and is able to combine humor with stories from his childhood, adulthood, and geezerhood.
He uses an effective combination of the normal vernacular, redneck
language, sarcasm, cynicism, and the added white lie to bring his stories to the life Frankenstein's monster never dreamt possible.
I always learn a few things when I read about his haphazard misadventures, In this book I learned the following:
, Children are inherently selfish.
. Adults are inherently selfish.
. Employers are inherently selfish.
These lessons were learned through the turbulence of many guffaws, lt
: JOY. Just JOY! Not McManus's best collection, but still quite good, I started listening to the audiobook, and while there was nothing wrong with the stories I just couldn't stand the narrator.
He just sounded cranky with me, and I couldn't handle the guilt, I'd recommend the book if you want to read it, It's a good book, but the first story is the best and the others just can't compare.
Thirtysix essays filled with home spun wit, outrageous humor, and questionable truths by the Northwest's version of Mark Twain.
This collection of essays are sure to bring the inner smile outward, and bursts of laughter to the reader even if they've never hiked, fished, hunted, camped, or grew up on a farm.
Thurber in the woods
Searching for tolerable humor books, I across this volume.
I found the title story hilarious and the line “That explains so much” from the story “The unexplained” properly topping that, I will make you read the story to properly appreciate the punch line.
If only McManus had thrown in some squiggly cartoons as Thurber did, I would have given this one a five star.
The only objection I had was it was primarily about fishing, about hunting, about hunting and fishing, about fishing and hunting.
But, that is okay for one book,
Enjoy.
Read Joint Base Balad, Iraq, If you miss the crazy uncle telling the funny stories, this ones for you, Literally had me laughing in the dentist office chair and wiping tears away so I could see the road not at the same time Enjoyable collection of essays about the outdoors.
Reminds me of the everyday absurdies that surround us, The literary collision of Reader's Digest and visits with my grandfather, Not high brow but familiar, Nice and adorkably familiar. Read this on a road trip, great family fare, Humorous tales of the great outdoors and youthful folly without any filth or rudeness found in today's culture.
So far, so good! I love Patrick McManus' books, they are so funny and enjoyable for a quick read before bed, I always end up laughing out loud and waking Brent! This is an addictively cute and funny book.
Best story in the book is the title story, Read oit to my wife and we died laughing, Thoroughly enjoyable. I can always count on laughing out loud with his books, Read by Norman Dietz. NOT translated by Cute, funny stories about the author's life and adventures, A quick read if you're looking for something light, While it's not the author's best book, None of the stories were nearly as funny as some of his classics like "The Grasshopper Trap" or "The Skunk Ladder.
" I still found myself chuckling out loud at several places in the book, and the kids enjoyed having me read some of the stories to them as bed time stories.
Patrick F. McManus is an American outdoor humor writer, A humor columnist for Outdoor Life and other magazines, his columns have been collected in several books.
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