A career-spanning collection, bringing together the most celebrated stories of outdoor misadventures by the beloved five-time New York Times bestselling humorist Patrick F. McManusHere are all the most hysterical and heartwarming accounts of Patrick F. McManus’s incompetence at camping, hunting, fishing, hiking, boating, biking—even the simple task of walking his dog—and his love for these activities all the same.From his days as a kid, digging tra...

"Fans of McManus will welcome these 27 little excursions into the life of the narrator 'Pat,' the author's alter ego . . . good, clean, old-fashioned fun." — Publishers WeeklyAmerica's favorite outdoor humorist is back with an outrageously fresh collection of stories. He introduces a variety of friends old and new, and takes readers to many exotic locales outdoors and indoors.This hilarious collection of tales from the Field & Stream and

Hilarious and heartwarming stories of outdoor mishaps and misadventures fromThe New York Times five-time bestselling, beloved humorist, Patrick F. McManus, "a writer who makes people laugh out loud, hard." (The New York Times)McManus's first story collection, gathering twenty-seven witty, cautionary tales about camping, fishing, backpackers, and b...

Hilarious and heartwarming stories of outdoor mishaps and misadventures from The New York Times five-time bestselling, beloved humorist, Patrick F. McManus, "a writer who makes people laugh out loud, hard" (The New York Times).Among the twenty-five hysterical stories gathered in They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? are the true but little known history of the discovery of live bait by Genghis K...

America's bestselling outdoor humorist shares twelve hilarious tales from his youth in this book for young readers."Young people who love the broad physical comedy of Robert Newton Peck's Soup stories or Gary Paulsen's Harris and Me . . . are sure to enjoy these 12 stories about growing up in the mountains of Idaho. . . . McManus is a natural storyteller, with a voice so strong that readers will be hard-pressed not to believe his tales." —...

This collection of humorous essays from an outdoor life columnist are "amusing even for those who'd never dream of lifting rod or rifle" ( Kirkus Reviews) .From the author of They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? and other celebrations of life in the wild, a collection of wry, tongue-in-cheek tales of life in the great outdoors captures the whimsical trials and tribulations of hunting, fishing, and camping."Every...

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 WeeklyFrom 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 ...

A career-spanning collection, bringing together the most celebrated stories of outdoor misadventures by the beloved five-time New York Times bestselling humorist Patrick F. McManusHere are all the most hysterical and heartwarming accounts of Patrick F. McManus’s incompetence at camping, hunting, fishing, hiking, boating, biking—even the simple task of walking his dog—and his love for these activities all the same.From his days as a kid, digging tra...

The beloved humorist delivers a "winsome collection of anecdotes and essays on fishing, camping, hunting and other outdoor activities and catastrophes" ( Publishers Weekly).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 s...

With “a style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor” (People), Patrick F. McManus delivers another stellar collection of witty cautionary tales of the great outdoors in The Good Samaritan Strikes Again.Gathering together twenty-four of his hilarious essays—originally published in such magazines as Outdoor Life—this volume features not only McManus’s follies with Mother Nature, but those of human nature as he shares such funny moments of his life as his ...

"Funniest guy in the Outdoor Life and Field and Stream gang, McManus here offers another bag of whimsey in the Great Outdoors" — Kirkus ReviewsIn 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 th...

A disturbing, darkly funny fictionalization of the life of Fred A. Leuchter, the garage tinkerer turned execution authority who became a darling of the neo-Nazi movement, and subject of the Errol Morris documentary, Mr. Death.He comes to fix your photocopier, but really, Fred’s an inventor. At night, he goes to work. He has goals, ambitions, and when offered the task of building a better electric chair, he jumps at the chance. People have to die—he believe...